republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/hb-2308.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, etc.; quantity of land certain associations may hold."
description: "Religious and charitable matters; quantity of land certain associations may hold. Increases from 75 to 200 the number of acres of land that any association or post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, Spanish War Veterans, Disabled American Veterans, or any similar association of veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States chartered by an act of Congress may hold. However, the bill provides that any such property in excess of 75 acres shall not be exempt from taxation unless an ordinance to that effect is adopted by the governing body of the locality in which the property is located."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2308"
citation: "Virginia HB 2308 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emily M. Brewer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5412d81f-dd2f-4807-acc7-a06e8370400b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2308"
source_hash: "0ab9618b1eaa8cc349e8560e9b293cf67f006e6b1a1a2729b9b483e83be6c945"
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 2308 (2021) — Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, etc.; quantity of land certain associations may hold.

Religious and charitable matters; quantity of land certain associations may hold. Increases from 75 to 200 the number of acres of land that any association or post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, Spanish War Veterans, Disabled American Veterans, or any similar association of veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States chartered by an act of Congress may hold. However, the bill provides that any such property in excess of 75 acres shall not be exempt from taxation unless an ordinance to that effect is adopted by the governing body of the locality in which the property is located.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0234** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0234)
2. **HB2308ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2308ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 21102696D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2308)
4. **Printed as engrossed 21102696D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2308E)

## Votes

- VOTE: Passage (98-Y 2-N) — **97–2** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N) — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Emily M. Brewer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 21102696D `introduction`
- **2021-01-20** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB2308)
- **2021-02-01** Assigned GL sub: Open Government/Procurement `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-02** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-02-02** Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-04** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-04** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2021-02-04** Passed by temporarily
- **2021-02-04** Amendment by Delegate Watts agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-04** Engrossed by House as amended HB2308E
- **2021-02-04** Printed as engrossed 21102696D-E
- **2021-02-05** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 2-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-05** VOTE: Passage (98-Y 2-N)
- **2021-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-02-05** Impact statement from DPB (HB2308E)
- **2021-02-05** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-10** Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-15** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-19** Enrolled
- **2021-02-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB2308ER)
- **2021-02-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-22** Signed by President
- **2021-02-24** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2021
- **2021-02-24** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 234 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5412d81f-dd2f-4807-acc7-a06e8370400b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).