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type: "Bill"
title: "Fort Monroe Authority; payments to the City of Hampton in lieu of real property taxes."
description: "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"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1965"
citation: "Virginia HB 1965 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Authorities", "Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gordon C. Helsel, Jr."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-01-06"
last_action: "2019-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f5fb88b-d1be-4d6f-b193-4a12a72c4a3a"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1965"
source_hash: "5ce4b0e7f8e01f183758c760555c5ae10dd6473a00658e53e8987fbf3e50d8fe"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0468)
2. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB1965)
3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1965ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1965ER)
4. **House: Committee substitute printed 19105066D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1965H1)
5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102030D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1965)
## Votes
- Reported from Local Government — **120** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **980** (pass) · lower
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **990** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws with substitute — **220** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **80** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate — **390** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **400** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f5fb88b-d1be-4d6f-b193-4a12a72c4a3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).