republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-727.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	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 HB 537.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 727	Virginia SB 727 (2020)	bill		enacted	Jennifer L. McClellan	3	22	5	2020-01-07	2020-03-02	openstates	ocd-bill/eedf617f-57ed-4843-82db-49b950b4ced2	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB727	bc8b35bec3fdf5f5c9abc5a313996c15fda073e34479addc171ab8aaeb5ab067	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 727 (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 HB 537.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0066) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB727ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from TAX (SB727) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Passage (53-Y 44-N) — 52–44 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance (12-Y 9-N) — 12–9 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (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 20102179D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-01-15 Impact statement from TAX (SB727)
• 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
• 2020-02-12 Reported from Finance (12-Y 9-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-14 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-17 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-17 Passed House (53-Y 44-N) passage
• 2020-02-17 VOTE: Passage (53-Y 44-N)
• 2020-02-19 Enrolled
• 2020-02-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-02-20 Signed by President
• 2020-02-21 Impact statement from TAX (SB727ER)
• 2020-02-24 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 24, 2020
• 2020-02-24 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 2, 2020
• 2020-03-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 66 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eedf617f-57ed-4843-82db-49b950b4ced2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).