republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-1655.md

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Bill	Real property tax; exemption for disabled veterans, surviving spouse's ability to move.	Enacts as statutory law an amendment to subdivision (a) of Section 6-A of Article X of the Constitution of Virginia that was adopted by the voters on November 6, 2018, which applies the real property tax exemption for the surviving spouse of a disabled veteran to such spouse's principal place of residence regardless of whether such spouse moves to a different residence. The provisions of the bill would apply to taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2019. The bill makes technical corrections related to the real property tax exemptions for surviving spouses of members of the armed forces killed in action and surviving spouses of certain persons killed in the line of duty. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 1655	Virginia HB 1655 (2019)	bill	Armed Forces Taxation	enacted	Jason S. Miyares	4	16	5	2018-11-29	2019-02-15	openstates	ocd-bill/bd8654c9-d000-4e15-80a6-b7d8f0688ac5	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1655	ea88adff59328adf6fe8a53e9473fe31cfdef9e6eed80deffb7345bae1aef55c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1655 (2019) — Real property tax; exemption for disabled veterans, surviving spouse's ability to move.

Enacts as statutory law an amendment to subdivision (a) of Section 6-A of Article X of the Constitution of Virginia that was adopted by the voters on November 6, 2018, which applies the real property tax exemption for the surviving spouse of a disabled veteran to such spouse's principal place of residence regardless of whether such spouse moves to a different residence. The provisions of the bill would apply to taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2019. The bill makes technical corrections related to the real property tax exemptions for surviving spouses of members of the armed forces killed in action and surviving spouses of certain persons killed in the line of duty. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0015) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1655ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Committee substitute printed 19103726D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101195D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 94–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance — 13–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jason S. Miyares — primary (person)
• Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
• Emily M. Brewer — cosponsor (person)
• James E. Edmunds, II — cosponsor (person)
• R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-11-29 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101195D introduction
• 2018-11-29 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2019-01-16 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-01-17 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-01-17 Committee substitute agreed to 19103726D-H1
• 2019-01-17 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1655H1
• 2019-01-18 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (94-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-01-21 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-01-21 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2019-02-07 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-11 Enrolled
• 2019-02-11 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-02-11 Signed by President
• 2019-02-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 12, 2019
• 2019-02-12 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 19, 2019
• 2019-02-15 Approved by Governor-Chapter 15 (effective 1/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bd8654c9-d000-4e15-80a6-b7d8f0688ac5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).