HB 1868 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Real property tax exemption; surviving spouses of members of armed forces who died in line of duty.

Summary
Real property tax exemption; surviving spouses of members of the armed forces who died in the line of duty; clarification for deaths resulting from suicide. Clarifies that the real property tax exemption currently available to the surviving spouse of any member of the armed forces of the United States who died in the line of duty with a Line of Duty determination from the U.S. Department of Defense includes the death of any such member that was the result of suicide.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 6, 2025 Signed Mar 24, 2025
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What changed between versions

Senator Rouse, Aaron R. Substitute Chaptered · 3 edits
MINOR
This bill amends the real property tax exemption for surviving spouses of armed forces members who died in the line of duty. The primary substantive change is the addition of 'clarification for deaths resulting from suicide' to the existing language, ensuring that suicides are explicitly recognized as deaths in the line of duty for tax exemption purposes. The bill also adds a chapter number and approval date, converting the substitute amendment into a chaptered version of the law.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on real property tax exemptions for surviving spouses of armed forces members, but it now explicitly clarifies that suicides count as deaths in the line of duty.
ELIGIBILITY

Explicitly clarifies that deaths resulting from suicide qualify as deaths in the line of duty for tax exemption purposes.

TECHNICAL

Added chapter number (Chapter 486) and approval date (March 24, 2025) to convert the substitute amendment into a chaptered version of the law.

Reformatted the bill text from a substitute amendment format to a chaptered statute format, removing session headers and adding approval information.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 19, 2025 · House of Delegates Jan 28, 2025

How they voted

400
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 19, 2025
D Democratic21
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
43
Key actions
13
Committee
7
Amendments
2
Mar 24, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 486 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive
Mar 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1868ER)
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute reconsidered (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reconsideration of Passed Senate with substitute block vote agreed to (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 29, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
upper
Jan 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 27, 2025
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended
lower
Jan 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Finance Amendment agreed to
lower
Jan 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Finance with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 17, 2025
Committee
Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Jan 6, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance
lower
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors

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