Real property tax; exemption for disabled veterans, surviving spouse's ability to move.
Summary
Enacts as statutory law an amendment to subdivision (a) of Section 6-A of Article X of the Constitution of Virginia that was adopted by the voters on November 6, 2018, which applies the real property tax exemption for the surviving spouse of a disabled veteran to such spouse's principal place of residence regardless of whether such spouse moves to a different residence. The provisions of the bill would apply to taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2019. The bill makes technical corrections related to the real property tax exemptions for surviving spouses of members of the armed forces killed in action and surviving spouses of certain persons killed in the line of duty. This bill is identical to
Bill status
passed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Jan 2019
Senate Passage
Jan 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Governor
Introduced Jan 7, 2019
Last action Feb 27, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Jan 16, 2019
How they voted
34–0
Passed
Total votes 34
Jan 16, 2019
D
Democratic14
100% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
3
Committee
2
Amendments
2
Feb 13, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed House with amendment (97-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 13, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended
lower
Feb 13, 2019
Lower · Passed
Amendment by Delegate Miyares agreed to
lower
Jan 22, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance
lower
Jan 16, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (34-0)
senate
Jan 7, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance
upper
Jan 7, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101186D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Richard Stuart
RRepublican
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