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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Real estate tax; exemption for property in redevelopment or conservation areas."
+description: "Real estate tax exemption for property in redevelopment or conservation areas or rehabilitation districts. Increases the maximum duration of a local real estate tax exemption for structures in redevelopment or conservation areas or rehabilitation districts from 15 to 30 years. This bill is identical to HB 537."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 727"
+citation: "Virginia SB 727 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer L. McClellan"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2020-01-07"
+last_action: "2020-03-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eedf617f-57ed-4843-82db-49b950b4ced2"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB727"
+source_hash: "bc8b35bec3fdf5f5c9abc5a313996c15fda073e34479addc171ab8aaeb5ab067"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia SB 727 (2020) — Real estate tax; exemption for property in redevelopment or conservation areas.
+
+Real estate tax exemption for property in redevelopment or conservation areas or rehabilitation districts. Increases the maximum duration of a local real estate tax exemption for structures in redevelopment or conservation areas or rehabilitation districts from 15 to 30 years. This bill is identical to HB 537.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0066)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0066)
+2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB727ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB727ER)
+3. **Impact statement from TAX (SB727)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB727)
+
+## Votes
+
+- VOTE: Passage (53-Y 44-N) — **52–44** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Finance (12-Y 9-N) — **12–9** (pass) · lower
+- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jennifer L. McClellan — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102179D `introduction`
+- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-15** Impact statement from TAX (SB727)
+- **2020-01-21** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-01-22** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-01-23** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2020-01-24** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2020-02-12** Placed on Calendar
+- **2020-02-12** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-12** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-12** Reported from Finance (12-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-17** Passed House (53-Y 44-N) `passage`
+- **2020-02-17** VOTE: Passage (53-Y 44-N)
+- **2020-02-19** Enrolled
+- **2020-02-19** Signed by Speaker
+- **2020-02-20** Signed by President
+- **2020-02-21** Impact statement from TAX (SB727ER)
+- **2020-02-24** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 24, 2020
+- **2020-02-24** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 2, 2020
+- **2020-03-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 66 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eedf617f-57ed-4843-82db-49b950b4ced2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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