---
type: "Bill"
title: "Recordation tax; exempts deed of trust or mortgage given by utility consumer services cooperatives."
description: "Exempts from recordation tax deeds of trust given by utility consumer services cooperatives. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 875"
citation: "Virginia SB 875 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Financial Institutions and Services", "Property and Conveyances", "Public Service Companies", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frank M. Ruff, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-12-15"
last_action: "2017-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3a56cb3-386c-4c07-aa5c-85dc5f4f83a6"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB875"
source_hash: "5be9a002b3a27862e5204da96f8a79ee9161d52e406576835bc867e88b84d7d1"
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 875 (2017) — Recordation tax; exempts deed of trust or mortgage given by utility consumer services cooperatives.

Exempts from recordation tax deeds of trust given by utility consumer services cooperatives. This bill is identical to

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0442)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0442)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB875ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB875ER)
3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102545D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB875)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Finance — **16–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Finance — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Frank M. Ruff, Jr. — primary (person)
- Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-15** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102545D `introduction`
- **2016-12-15** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-26** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-31** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-15** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2017-02-17** Enrolled
- **2017-02-17** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-20** Signed by President
- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 442 (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/c3a56cb3-386c-4c07-aa5c-85dc5f4f83a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).