republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-535.md

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Bill	Real estate with delinquent taxes or liens; sales by nonprofit organizations.	Real estate with delinquent taxes or liens; sales by nonprofit organizations. Provides that a nonprofit organization that acquires real estate with delinquent taxes or liens pursuant to the appointment of a special commissioner may sell to eligible purchasers either (i) both the land and structural improvements on a property or (ii) only the structural improvements of a property, without the land. The bill provides that a sale of only the structural improvements is permissible only if (a) the improvements are subject to a long-term ground lease with a community land trust and (b) the community land trust retains a preemptive option to purchase such improvements at a price determined by a formula that ensures that the improvements remain affordable in perpetuity to low-income and moderate-income families.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 535	Virginia HB 535 (2020)	bill		enacted	Betsy B. Carr	3	23	6	2020-01-05	2020-03-10	openstates	ocd-bill/41c1ae30-7bce-415d-b024-912ed033e139	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB535	82cc238528e3df004581bfab755bc8e79d6933efdc8855a60ab5631ed12b514e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 535 (2020) — Real estate with delinquent taxes or liens; sales by nonprofit organizations.

Real estate with delinquent taxes or liens; sales by nonprofit organizations. Provides that a nonprofit organization that acquires real estate with delinquent taxes or liens pursuant to the appointment of a special commissioner may sell to eligible purchasers either (i) both the land and structural improvements on a property or (ii) only the structural improvements of a property, without the land. The bill provides that a sale of only the structural improvements is permissible only if (a) the improvements are subject to a long-term ground lease with a community land trust and (b) the community land trust retains a preemptive option to purchase such improvements at a price determined by a formula that ensures that the improvements remain affordable in perpetuity to low-income and moderate-income families.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0244) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB535ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from TAX (HB535) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Passage (82-Y 17-N) — 81–17 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance (18-Y 4-N) — 18–4 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 2-N) — 7–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Betsy B. Carr — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100584D introduction
• 2020-01-05 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2020-01-12 Impact statement from TAX (HB535)
• 2020-01-14 Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2020-01-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 2-N)
• 2020-01-22 Reported from Finance (18-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-24 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-01-27 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-01-28 Read third time and passed House (82-Y 17-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-01-28 VOTE: Passage (82-Y 17-N)
• 2020-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-01-29 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 (HB535ER)
• 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 244 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/41c1ae30-7bce-415d-b024-912ed033e139. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).