SB 219 Virginia Senate · 2018 Regular Session

Constitutional amendment; real property tax exemption for flooding remediation, abatement, etc.

Summary
Provides for a referendum at the November 6, 2018, election to approve or reject an amendment to allow the General Assembly to authorize the governing bodies of counties, cities, and towns to provide for a partial exemption from local real property taxation, within such restrictions and upon such conditions as may be prescribed, of improved real estate subject to recurrent flooding upon which flooding abatement, mitigation, or resiliency efforts have been undertaken. This bill is the companion ballot legislation for
Bill status passed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Feb 2018
Senate Passage
Feb 2018
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2018
Governor
Introduced Jan 3, 2018 Last action Mar 14, 2018
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
17
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Feb 28, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Passed House (87-Y 12-N)
legislature
Feb 15, 2018
Committee
Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #4
legislature
Feb 15, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
legislature
Feb 12, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Passed by temporarily
legislature
Jan 30, 2018
Committee
Rereferred to Finance
legislature
Jan 3, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
legislature
Jan 3, 2018
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104027D
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
LL
Lynwood Lewis
DDemocratic
VA
6