republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-1965.md

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Bill	Fort Monroe Authority; payments to the City of Hampton in lieu of real property taxes.	Provides that, for real estate leased by the Fort Monroe Authority (the Authority) to a private owner, such real estate shall be taxed by the City of Hampton as if it were privately owned and billed directly to the lessee. However, if the lease term is less than 20 years, Hampton shall bill the Authority. The bill provides that the Authority and its lessees may use existing procedures for contesting assessments and taxes. Current law provides that land owned by the Authority is subject to a fee in lieu of real property taxes, but is silent on the treatment of land leased by the Authority to a private party. The bill contains technical amendments. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 1965	Virginia HB 1965 (2019)	bill	Administration of Government Authorities Counties Cities and Towns Taxation	enacted	Gordon C. Helsel, Jr.	5	19	7	2019-01-06	2019-03-18	openstates	ocd-bill/8f5fb88b-d1be-4d6f-b193-4a12a72c4a3a	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1965	5ce4b0e7f8e01f183758c760555c5ae10dd6473a00658e53e8987fbf3e50d8fe	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1965 (2019) — Fort Monroe Authority; payments to the City of Hampton in lieu of real property taxes.

Provides that, for real estate leased by the Fort Monroe Authority (the Authority) to a private owner, such real estate shall be taxed by the City of Hampton as if it were privately owned and billed directly to the lessee. However, if the lease term is less than 20 years, Hampton shall bill the Authority. The bill provides that the Authority and its lessees may use existing procedures for contesting assessments and taxes. Current law provides that land owned by the Authority is subject to a fee in lieu of real property taxes, but is silent on the treatment of land leased by the Authority to a private party. The bill contains technical amendments. 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 (CHAP0468) (committee substitute) — source
2. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1965ER) (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Committee substitute printed 19105066D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
5. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102030D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Local Government — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gordon C. Helsel, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102030D introduction
• 2019-01-06 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2019-01-14 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2019-01-28 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-01-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-01-29 Committee substitute agreed to 19105066D-H1
• 2019-01-29 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1965H1
• 2019-01-30 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-01-30 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
• 2019-01-30 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2019-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-01-31 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
• 2019-02-15 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-20 Enrolled
• 2019-02-20 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-02-20 Signed by President
• 2019-02-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 27, 2019
• 2019-02-27 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
• 2019-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 468 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8f5fb88b-d1be-4d6f-b193-4a12a72c4a3a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).