republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-725.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Classification of land and improvements for tax purposes; City of Richmond.	Classification of land and improvements for tax purposes; City of Richmond. Authorizes the City of Richmond to impose a tax rate on improvements to real property that is different than the City's tax rate on the land upon which the improvements are located, provided that the tax rate is not zero and does not exceed the tax rate imposed on the land. Under current law, the Cities of Fairfax, Roanoke, and Poquoson have the authority to tax improvements and land at different rates.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 725	Virginia SB 725 (2020)	bill		enacted	Jennifer L. McClellan	3	24	5	2020-01-07	2020-04-07	openstates	ocd-bill/d9d2b7a0-ff99-4a41-bd22-f2982f820f07	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB725	a609240ffe629fbff66119669e93d712132574209d1e6627856d82ce16a488a7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 725 (2020) — Classification of land and improvements for tax purposes; City of Richmond.

Classification of land and improvements for tax purposes; City of Richmond. Authorizes the City of Richmond to impose a tax rate on improvements to real property that is different than the City's tax rate on the land upon which the improvements are located, provided that the tax rate is not zero and does not exceed the tax rate imposed on the land. Under current law, the Cities of Fairfax, Roanoke, and Poquoson have the authority to tax improvements and land at different rates.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0790) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB725ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from TAX (SB725) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (84-Y 13-N) — 83–13 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance (19-Y 3-N) — 19–3 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jennifer L. McClellan — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102259D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-01-16 Impact statement from TAX (SB725)
• 2020-01-18 Impact statement from DHCD (SB725)
• 2020-01-21 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-22 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-23 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-01-24 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-12 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-12 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-12 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2020-02-13 Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2020-02-24 Reported from Finance (19-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-26 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-27 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-27 Passed House (84-Y 13-N) passage
• 2020-02-27 VOTE: Passage (84-Y 13-N)
• 2020-03-04 Enrolled
• 2020-03-05 Signed by President
• 2020-03-05 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-06 Impact statement from TAX (SB725ER)
• 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
• 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-07 Approved by Governor-Chapter 790 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d9d2b7a0-ff99-4a41-bd22-f2982f820f07. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).