republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-996.md

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Bill	Land use assessment; parcels with multiple owners.	Land use assessment; parcels with multiple owners. Allows the owner of a majority interest in an undivided parcel ofreal estate that is eligible for land use assessment to file theapplication on behalf of himself and for owners of any minority interest.The bill also provides that such majority owner shall be responsiblefor paying any roll-back taxes imposed due to a reclassificationof such property.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	HB 996	Virginia HB 996 (2022)	bill		enacted	Michael J. Webert	4	31	7	2022-01-12	2022-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/39715ab6-6d29-4565-9f36-3589d105f8ff	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB996	c0baccab509e71f79a5b584609a53e592d95baf255be35a778e6e865ac86ff7c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 996 (2022) — Land use assessment; parcels with multiple owners.

Land use assessment; parcels with multiple owners. Allows the owner of a majority interest in an undivided parcel ofreal estate that is eligible for land use assessment to file theapplication on behalf of himself and for owners of any minority interest.The bill also provides that such majority owner shall be responsiblefor paying any roll-back taxes imposed due to a reclassificationof such property.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0314 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB996ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101436D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 22101436D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 0-N) — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Michael J. Webert — primary (person)
• Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101436D introduction
• 2022-01-12 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2022-01-20 Impact statement from TAX (HB996)
• 2022-01-27 Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2022-01-31 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 0-N)
• 2022-01-31 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-02 Reported from Finance with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-04 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-07 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2022-02-07 Engrossed by House as amended HB996E
• 2022-02-07 Printed as engrossed 22101436D-E
• 2022-02-08 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-08 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-08 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
• 2022-02-08 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-02-08 VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2022-02-09 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2022-02-15 Impact statement from TAX (HB996E)
• 2022-03-02 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-03-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-04 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-03-09 Enrolled
• 2022-03-09 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-10 Impact statement from TAX (HB996ER)
• 2022-03-10 Signed by President
• 2022-03-22 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
• 2022-03-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 314 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/39715ab6-6d29-4565-9f36-3589d105f8ff. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).