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| Bill | Land bank ordinances; disposition. | Delinquent tax lands; disposition. Authorizes localities to petition the circuit court to appoint a special commissioner to, in lieu of a sale at public auction, convey certain real estate having delinquent taxes or liens to the locality's land bank entity or an existing nonprofit entity designated by the locality to carry out the functions of a land bank entity. Currently, such real estate may be conveyed only to the locality itself. The bill also allows real estate that contains a derelict building and has delinquent taxes and liens exceeding 10 percent of its assessed value to be conveyed via special commissioner, in lieu of a sale at public auction, to the locality, the locality's land bank entity, or such existing nonprofit entity. The bill requires a land bank entity or existing nonprofit entity that receives such parcels to pay any surplusage above the amount of unpaid taxes or liens to the former owners or other parties with an interest in the property. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2022 | HB 298 | Virginia HB 298 (2022) |
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Virginia HB 298 (2022) — Land bank ordinances; disposition.
Delinquent tax lands; disposition. Authorizes localities to petition the circuit court to appoint a special commissioner to, in lieu of a sale at public auction, convey certain real estate having delinquent taxes or liens to the locality's land bank entity or an existing nonprofit entity designated by the locality to carry out the functions of a land bank entity. Currently, such real estate may be conveyed only to the locality itself. The bill also allows real estate that contains a derelict building and has delinquent taxes and liens exceeding 10 percent of its assessed value to be conveyed via special commissioner, in lieu of a sale at public auction, to the locality, the locality's land bank entity, or such existing nonprofit entity. The bill requires a land bank entity or existing nonprofit entity that receives such parcels to pay any surplusage above the amount of unpaid taxes or liens to the former owners or other parties with an interest in the property.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0015 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 22105438D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- HB298ER (committee substitute) — source
- HB298ER2 (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100638D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) — 38–2 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 1-N) — 8–1 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (79-Y 18-N) — 79–17 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (81-Y 18-N) — 81–17 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance with substitute (19-Y 2-N) — 19–2 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Sam Rasoul — primary (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100638D
introduction - 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Finance
referral-committee - 2022-01-19 Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2
referral-committee - 2022-01-20 Impact statement from TAX (HB298)
- 2022-01-31 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2022-01-31 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 1-N)
- 2022-02-02 Committee substitute printed 22105438D-H1
substitution - 2022-02-02 Reported from Finance with substitute (19-Y 2-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-04 Read first time
reading-1 - 2022-02-07 Passed by for the day
- 2022-02-08 Read second time
reading-2 - 2022-02-08 Committee substitute agreed to 22105438D-H1
- 2022-02-08 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB298H1
- 2022-02-09 Read third time and passed House (81-Y 18-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2022-02-09 VOTE: Passage (81-Y 18-N)
- 2022-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2022-02-10 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2022-02-14 Impact statement from TAX (HB298H1)
- 2022-02-15 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-17 Read third time
reading-3 - 2022-02-17 Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
passage - 2022-02-21 Enrolled
- 2022-02-21 Impact statement from TAX (HB298ER)
- 2022-02-21 Signed by President
- 2022-02-22 Signed by Speaker
- 2022-02-24 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2022
- 2022-02-24 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 3, 2022
- 2022-03-03 Governor's recommendation received by House
- 2022-03-07 Placed on Calendar
- 2022-03-07 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (79-Y 18-N)
- 2022-03-07 VOTE: Adoption (79-Y 18-N)
- 2022-03-08 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 0-N)
- 2022-03-08 Governor's recommendation adopted
- 2022-03-08 Reenrolled
- 2022-03-08 Reenrolled bill text (HB298ER2)
- 2022-03-08 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 2022-03-08 Signed by President as reenrolled
- 2022-03-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 15 (effective 7/1/22)
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Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4fd8616b-3458-4797-ae23-abb5764d5678. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).