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type: "Bill"
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title: "Real property tax; special assessment for land preservation."
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description: "Prohibits any locality from requiring any taxpayer who is the lessor of real property to produce the lease for the purpose of determining whether the property is eligible for special assessment for land preservation."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 1476"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1476 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Conservation", "Real Estate and Real Estate Tax", "Taxation"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Robert D. Orrock, Sr."]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2016-12-13"
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last_action: "2017-02-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2bcfa83-09d4-4120-a870-7897ffdc7e58"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1476"
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source_hash: "ef8b3f11ab7859880a4a0708b40c5148cc454beb521be23612b5bc07fd1f60cc"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1476 (2017) — Real property tax; special assessment for land preservation.
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Prohibits any locality from requiring any taxpayer who is the lessor of real property to produce the lease for the purpose of determining whether the property is eligible for special assessment for land preservation.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0025)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0025)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1476ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1476ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101225D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1476)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Finance — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **37–3** (pass) · legislature
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- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Finance — **20–1** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House — **93–6** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — primary (person)
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- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-12-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101225D `introduction`
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- **2016-12-13** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-11** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-25** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-26** Read third time and passed House (93-Y 6-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-09** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-13** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-13** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-13** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/14/17
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- **2017-02-14** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2017
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- **2017-02-17** Approved by Governor-Chapter 25 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2bcfa83-09d4-4120-a870-7897ffdc7e58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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