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type: "Bill"
title: "Real property tax; exemption for the elderly and handicapped."
description: "Real property tax; exemption for the elderlyand handicapped. Provides that any locality may by ordinance accept documentation establishing eligibility for the real property taxexemption for the elderly and handicapped on a rolling basis throughoutthe year. Current law states that localities shall accept such documentationafter January 1 but before April 1 or a later date fixed by ordinance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 648"
citation: "Virginia SB 648 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeremy S. McPike"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-18"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad13f958-45e4-417c-b191-cea92da7f72b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB648"
source_hash: "8553f7f96bec40506e2a42bdafc11f27c356a3cd8d5e0eef1959ed9924f61371"
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 SB 648 (2022) — Real property tax; exemption for the elderly and handicapped.
Real property tax; exemption for the elderlyand handicapped. Provides that any locality may by ordinance accept documentation establishing eligibility for the real property taxexemption for the elderly and handicapped on a rolling basis throughoutthe year. Current law states that localities shall accept such documentationafter January 1 but before April 1 or a later date fixed by ordinance.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0631** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0631)
2. **Presented and ordered printed 22104102D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB648)
3. **SB648ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB648ER)
## Votes
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **160** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Jeremy S. McPike — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-18** Presented and ordered printed 22104102D `introduction`
- **2022-01-18** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-22** Impact statement from TAX (SB648)
- **2022-01-25** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-28** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-22** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-28** Reported from Finance (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-02** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-07** Enrolled
- **2022-03-08** Impact statement from TAX (SB648ER)
- **2022-03-08** Signed by President
- **2022-03-08** Signed by Speaker
- **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 631 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad13f958-45e4-417c-b191-cea92da7f72b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).