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type: "Bill"
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title: "Real property tax; Stafford County may adopt, by ordinance, to restrict deferral of taxes."
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description: "Allows Stafford County, by ordinance, to restrict the deferral of real property taxes authorized under current law to a taxpayer's sole dwelling whose tax levy for 2016 exceeded the tax levy for 2015 by at least 25 percent due to improvements made to adjacent property by Stafford County. The amount of the deferral shall not exceed 95 percent of such excess. This bill is identical to"
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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: "SB 1248"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1248 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Real Estate and Real Estate Tax", "Taxation"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Richard H. Stuart"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2017-01-10"
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last_action: "2017-03-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4d6b841-ffef-4bb7-a9de-37af7cf984d6"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1248"
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source_hash: "fa22ec7308e5b32f34c1a41647e7bff12d9bf6d49ec8819af03d15a63b4d8dda"
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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 SB 1248 (2017) — Real property tax; Stafford County may adopt, by ordinance, to restrict deferral of taxes.
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Allows Stafford County, by ordinance, to restrict the deferral of real property taxes authorized under current law to a taxpayer's sole dwelling whose tax levy for 2016 exceeded the tax levy for 2015 by at least 25 percent due to improvements made to adjacent property by Stafford County. The amount of the deferral shall not exceed 95 percent of such excess. This bill is identical to
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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 (CHAP0448)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0448)
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2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1248ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1248ER)
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3. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104677D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1248S1)
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4. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102942D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1248)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Finance with substitute — **16–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Finance — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Richard H. Stuart — primary (person)
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- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102942D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-26** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-26** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2017-01-26** Committee substitute agreed to 17104677D-S1
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- **2017-01-26** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1248S1
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- **2017-01-31** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-15** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2017-02-17** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-17** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-20** 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 448 (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/a4d6b841-ffef-4bb7-a9de-37af7cf984d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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