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type: "Bill"
title: "Delinquent tax lands; threshold for nonjudicial sale."
description: "Delinquent tax lands; threshold for nonjudicial sale. Raises the assessment threshold at which a local treasurer or other officer responsible for collecting taxes has general authority to sell real property with over three years of delinquent taxes from less than $5,000 to no more than $10,000 and extends such authority to improved as well as unimproved parcels of real property. The bill raises the assessment range at which such officer may sell parcels of real property with over three years of delinquent taxes and that meet certain criteria from at least $5,000 but less than $20,000 to more than $10,000 but no more than $25,000. The bill increases the size of unimproved parcels that may be sold from less than 4,000 square feet to one acre or less."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1582"
citation: "Virginia HB 1582 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve E. Heretick"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-03-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd3b41d0-b82e-43f3-9d67-ae0fcd110ec9"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1582"
source_hash: "1ae45b3a8972e881efd3c6fa1647ba310f105199e4dca8a9b3f6445effea31a3"
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 1582 (2020) — Delinquent tax lands; threshold for nonjudicial sale.
Delinquent tax lands; threshold for nonjudicial sale. Raises the assessment threshold at which a local treasurer or other officer responsible for collecting taxes has general authority to sell real property with over three years of delinquent taxes from less than $5,000 to no more than $10,000 and extends such authority to improved as well as unimproved parcels of real property. The bill raises the assessment range at which such officer may sell parcels of real property with over three years of delinquent taxes and that meet certain criteria from at least $5,000 but less than $20,000 to more than $10,000 but no more than $25,000. The bill increases the size of unimproved parcels that may be sold from less than 4,000 square feet to one acre or less.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0257)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0257)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1582ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1582ER)
3. **Impact statement from TAX (HB1582)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1582)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — **100** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance (21-Y 0-N) — **210** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Steve E. Heretick — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-14** Presented and ordered printed 20104965D `introduction`
- **2020-01-14** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-25** Impact statement from TAX (HB1582)
- **2020-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-29** Reported from Finance (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-04** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-04** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-05** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-20** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-25** Enrolled
- **2020-02-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-26** Impact statement from TAX (HB1582ER)
- **2020-02-26** Signed by President
- **2020-03-03** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2020
- **2020-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 10, 2020
- **2020-03-10** Approved by Governor-Chapter 257 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd3b41d0-b82e-43f3-9d67-ae0fcd110ec9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).