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| Bill | Real estate tax; exemption for property in redevelopment or conservation areas. | Real estate tax exemption for property in redevelopment or conservation areas or rehabilitation districts. Increases the maximum duration of a local real estate tax exemption for structures in redevelopment or conservation areas or rehabilitation districts from 15 to 30 years. This bill is identical to SB 727. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 537 | Virginia HB 537 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 537 (2020) — Real estate tax; exemption for property in redevelopment or conservation areas.
Real estate tax exemption for property in redevelopment or conservation areas or rehabilitation districts. Increases the maximum duration of a local real estate tax exemption for structures in redevelopment or conservation areas or rehabilitation districts from 15 to 30 years. This bill is identical to SB 727.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0246) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB537ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from TAX (HB537) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 4-N) — 5–4 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) — 39–1 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance (12-Y 9-N) — 12–9 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 0-N) — 11–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 42-N) — 54–42 (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 20102238D
introduction - 2020-01-05 Referred to Committee on Finance
referral-committee - 2020-01-15 Impact statement from TAX (HB537)
- 2020-01-16 Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2
referral-committee - 2020-01-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 4-N)
- 2020-01-22 Reported from Finance (12-Y 9-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 (55-Y 42-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-01-28 VOTE: Passage (55-Y 42-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 (11-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 (39-Y 1-N)
passage - 2020-02-25 Enrolled
- 2020-02-25 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-02-26 Impact statement from TAX (HB537ER)
- 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 246 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5501561a-8375-42c2-a95a-8b981c4e173d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).