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Bill	Personal property tax; exemption for agricultural vehicles.	Provides that, for purposes of the optional local personal property tax exemptions for motor vehicles, trucks, and tractors, the exemption shall apply if the vehicle is used primarily for agricultural purposes. Under current law, the exemption applies only if the vehicle is used exclusively for agricultural purposes.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 2733	Virginia HB 2733 (2019)	bill	Agriculture Animal Care and Food Personal Property and Personal Property Tax Taxation	enacted	Michael J. Webert	6	18	6	2019-01-16	2019-03-08	openstates	ocd-bill/bd2205b2-f6ac-4e89-a1f5-b4666a7d44c1	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2733	7bf3a20176fdf628f86d9feafcf02ce92164ba249e67d91cf34035466bbbad9e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2733 (2019) — Personal property tax; exemption for agricultural vehicles.

Provides that, for purposes of the optional local personal property tax exemptions for motor vehicles, trucks, and tractors, the exemption shall apply if the vehicle is used primarily for agricultural purposes. Under current law, the exemption applies only if the vehicle is used exclusively for agricultural purposes.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0259) (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 (HB2733ER) (committee substitute) — source
5. House: Presented and ordered printed 19102936D (committee substitute) — source
6. House: Printed as engrossed 19102936D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Finance with amendment — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — 7–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Michael J. Webert — primary (person)
• Les R. Adams — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-16 Presented and ordered printed 19102936D introduction
• 2019-01-16 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2019-01-18 Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2019-02-01 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-02-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-02-04 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2019-02-04 Engrossed by House as amended HB2733E
• 2019-02-04 Printed as engrossed 19102936D-E
• 2019-02-05 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-02-06 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2019-02-14 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-19 Enrolled
• 2019-02-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-02-20 Signed by President
• 2019-02-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 21, 2019
• 2019-02-21 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
• 2019-03-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 259 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bd2205b2-f6ac-4e89-a1f5-b4666a7d44c1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).