republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-963.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Land preservation tax credit; per taxpayer limitation.	Land preservation tax credit; per taxpayer limitation.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 963	Virginia SB 963 (2017)	bill	Conservation Taxation	enacted	Emmett W. Hanger, Jr.	3	16	7	2017-01-03	2017-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/7a39944f-17c5-4ab6-83d0-5612ac93b3e9	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB963	2ddc054625d7e547b4173ae4ebd7660a45c63116f007cd9917fae130c048a879	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 963 (2017) — Land preservation tax credit; per taxpayer limitation.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0424) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB963ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101770D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Finance — 16–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Finance — 16–6 (pass) · legislature
• VOTE: PASSAGE — 86–12 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 4–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101770D introduction
• 2017-01-03 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2017-02-03 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-02-08 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-08 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2017-02-09 Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
• 2017-02-14 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-15 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-15 Passed House (86-y 12-N) passage
• 2017-02-17 Enrolled
• 2017-02-17 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-20 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 424 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7a39944f-17c5-4ab6-83d0-5612ac93b3e9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).