---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real property tax; notice of rate and assessment changes."
description: "Real property tax; notice of rate and assessment changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1942"
citation: "Virginia HB 1942 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Durant"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61c36f0c-5d71-43d8-858e-e3c6c93e89d8"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1942"
source_hash: "bacf3c8e43b684498131d89fae513f9dbded02a6d0c8e8488ac097ad5a1d142b"
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 1942 (2023) — Real property tax; notice of rate and assessment changes.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0667** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0667)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105484D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1942H1)
3. **HB1942ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1942ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100814D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1942)

## Votes

- VOTE: Passage (56-Y 43-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (38-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance with substitute (14-Y 8-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Durant — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100814D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-22** Impact statement from TAX (HB1942)
- **2023-01-24** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-24** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 1-N) `substitution`
- **2023-01-25** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-25** Reported from Finance with substitute (14-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-25** Committee substitute printed 23105484D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-30** Committee substitute agreed to 23105484D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-30** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1942H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-31** Read third time and passed House (56-Y 43-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-31** VOTE: Passage (56-Y 43-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Impact statement from TAX (HB1942E)
- **2023-02-07** Impact statement from TAX (HB1942H1)
- **2023-02-08** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-10** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-10** Passed Senate (38-Y 1-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-14** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-14** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1942ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-14** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-14** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-17** Impact statement from TAX (HB1942ER)
- **2023-02-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 27, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 667 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0667)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61c36f0c-5d71-43d8-858e-e3c6c93e89d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).