republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1952.md

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Bill	Proposed acquisitions of real property; review by Department of General Services.	Provides an exception to the requirement that before any agency of the state acquires real property, it must follow the guidelines adopted by the Department of General Services and obtain the prior approval of the Governor. The bill grants this exception in cases of the acquisition of real property to be held in trust for the benefit of a state-recognized Indian tribe, provided that such property is (i) annexed into the existing reservation of such tribe and (ii) located within a one-mile radius of the boundary of such reservation. The bill provides, however, that these acquisitions of real estate shall be subject to the review of the Office of the Attorney General and approval by the Governor.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1952	Virginia HB 1952 (2017)	bill	Administration of Government Governor Real Estate and Real Estate Tax	enacted	Christopher K. Peace	4	18	8	2017-01-10	2017-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/d5833f69-76c3-4ca4-b6cb-850b2960237b	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1952	8f3f12e0dc4701bbbdc0cfeeb623871cdb33dacaed88dc1033526f82e3f1e5f9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1952 (2017) — Proposed acquisitions of real property; review by Department of General Services.

Provides an exception to the requirement that before any agency of the state acquires real property, it must follow the guidelines adopted by the Department of General Services and obtain the prior approval of the Governor. The bill grants this exception in cases of the acquisition of real property to be held in trust for the benefit of a state-recognized Indian tribe, provided that such property is (i) annexed into the existing reservation of such tribe and (ii) located within a one-mile radius of the boundary of such reservation. The bill provides, however, that these acquisitions of real estate shall be subject to the review of the Office of the Attorney General and approval by the Governor.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0348) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1952ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103748D (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Printed as engrossed 17103748D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws with amendment — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 98–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from General Laws and Technology — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — 6–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Christopher K. Peace — primary (person)
• M. Keith Hodges — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103748D introduction
• 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2017-01-16 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2017-01-26 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-27 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2017-01-27 Engrossed by House as amended HB1952E
• 2017-01-27 Printed as engrossed 17103748D-E
• 2017-01-30 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-01-31 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2017-02-16 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-20 Enrolled
• 2017-02-20 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-21 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 348 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d5833f69-76c3-4ca4-b6cb-850b2960237b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).