republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-2365.md

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Bill	Land preservation; special assessment, optional limit on annual increase in assessed value.	Authorizes localities that require use value assessment and taxation to provide by ordinance that the annual increase in the assessed value of eligible property shall not exceed a specified dollar amount per acre.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 2365	Virginia HB 2365 (2019)	bill	Conservation Taxation	enacted	Barry D. Knight	6	19	5	2019-01-08	2019-02-15	openstates	ocd-bill/2f24399e-7791-4c1a-a8df-8e2a340c5558	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2365	126a29dbd176da6d087b79f86fe1210b03ff0850a52184b4618fa9be601f4bf6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2365 (2019) — Land preservation; special assessment, optional limit on annual increase in assessed value.

Authorizes localities that require use value assessment and taxation to provide by ordinance that the annual increase in the assessed value of eligible property shall not exceed a specified dollar amount per acre.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0022) (committee substitute) — source
2. House amendments adopted (committee substitute) — source
3. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2365ER) (committee substitute) — source
5. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100985D (committee substitute) — source
6. House: Printed as engrossed 19100985D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Finance with amendment — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barry D. Knight — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100985D introduction
• 2019-01-08 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2019-01-15 Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2019-01-23 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-01-24 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-01-24 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2019-01-24 Engrossed by House as amended HB2365E
• 2019-01-24 Printed as engrossed 19100985D-E
• 2019-01-25 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-01-28 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2019-02-07 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-07 Passed Senate passage
• 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 22 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2f24399e-7791-4c1a-a8df-8e2a340c5558. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).