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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Real property tax; board of equalization members in certain counties."
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description: "Requires that the board of equalization of real estate assessments in any county having the county manager plan of government (Arlington County) be composed of an odd number of not less than three nor more than 11 members, as determined by the local governing body. The circuit court of the county shall appoint a number of members equal to the lowest number that constitutes a majority of members, and the governing body shall appoint the remainder."
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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 1820"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1820 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Real Estate and Real Estate Tax"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Patrick A. Hope"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2017-01-09"
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last_action: "2017-03-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ff88bcf-06ef-4db7-952f-7e04f9387212"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1820"
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source_hash: "dcbb13911b2cab13e59f221bdec2f1e40b7d0bc3f150f0faf6e5b719202591d5"
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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 1820 (2017) — Real property tax; board of equalization members in certain counties.
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Requires that the board of equalization of real estate assessments in any county having the county manager plan of government (Arlington County) be composed of an odd number of not less than three nor more than 11 members, as determined by the local governing body. The circuit court of the county shall appoint a number of members equal to the lowest number that constitutes a majority of members, and the governing body shall appoint the remainder.
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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 (CHAP0435)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0435)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1820ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1820ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102127D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1820)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Local Government — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102127D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-09** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-16** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-31** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-01** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-02-02** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-21** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-21** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-21** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
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- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 435 (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/6ff88bcf-06ef-4db7-952f-7e04f9387212`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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