---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real property tax; partial exemption for certain commercial and industrial structures."
description: "Reduces from 20 years to 15 years the minimum age of a structure in a technology zone that is rehabilitated for commercial use that qualifies the rehabilitated structure for a partial exemption from real property taxes. Under current law, a 15-year age minimum applies only to structures located in an enterprise zone designated by the Commonwealth, and a 20-year age minimum applies in all other situations. The bill contains technical amendments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1455"
citation: "Virginia HB 1455 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real Estate and Real Estate Tax", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Lee Ware"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-12-05"
last_action: "2017-02-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b69ba7d-b1b2-47eb-b5a5-73e1343ff216"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1455"
source_hash: "653a38d0ab77e736027960675d34da9d3508ba056fea3aa5904147961a6ddd0a"
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 HB 1455 (2017) — Real property tax; partial exemption for certain commercial and industrial structures.

Reduces from 20 years to 15 years the minimum age of a structure in a technology zone that is rehabilitated for commercial use that qualifies the rehabilitated structure for a partial exemption from real property taxes. Under current law, a 15-year age minimum applies only to structures located in an enterprise zone designated by the Commonwealth, and a 20-year age minimum applies in all other situations. The bill contains technical amendments.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0024)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1455ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1455ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101736D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1455)
4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17101736D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1455E)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Finance — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Finance with amendments — **21–1** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House — **99–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- R. Lee Ware — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-12-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101736D `introduction`
- **2016-12-05** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-11** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-01-25** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-01-25** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2017-01-25** Engrossed by House as amended HB1455E
- **2017-01-25** Printed as engrossed 17101736D-E
- **2017-01-26** Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-13** Enrolled
- **2017-02-13** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-13** Signed by President
- **2017-02-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/14/17
- **2017-02-14** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2017
- **2017-02-17** Approved by Governor-Chapter 24 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b69ba7d-b1b2-47eb-b5a5-73e1343ff216`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).