republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-558.md

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Bill	Constitutional amendment; property tax exemption for certain surviving spouses (voter referendum).	Constitutional amendment (voter referendum); real property tax exemption; surviving spouses of soldiers who died in the line of duty. Provides for a referendum at the November 5, 2024, election to approve or reject an amendment to the Constitution of Virginia that would expand the real property tax exemption that is currently available to the surviving spouses of soldiers killed in action to be available to the surviving spouses of soldiers who died in the line of duty with a Line of Duty determination from the U.S. Department of Defense. This bill is identical to SB 4.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 558	Virginia HB 558 (2024)	bill		enacted	Phil M. Hernandez	3	26	7	2024-01-09	2024-04-04	openstates	ocd-bill/1148caea-4901-4d7b-aa70-f41540f0ee1e	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB558	12b3d72832661b21d204647f9f071013662b204651cc9d07dd6380cbd55c547a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 558 (2024) — Constitutional amendment; property tax exemption for certain surviving spouses (voter referendum).

Constitutional amendment (voter referendum); real property tax exemption; surviving spouses of soldiers who died in the line of duty. Provides for a referendum at the November 5, 2024, election to approve or reject an amendment to the Constitution of Virginia that would expand the real property tax exemption that is currently available to the surviving spouses of soldiers killed in action to be available to the surviving spouses of soldiers who died in the line of duty with a Line of Duty determination from the U.S. Department of Defense. This bill is identical to SB 4.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0394 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB558ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104020D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Phil M. Hernandez — primary (person)
• Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
• Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
• Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
• Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
• Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
• Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
• Michael J. Jones — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104020D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2024-01-28 Assigned P & E sub: Constitutional Amendments referral-committee
• 2024-01-30 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-30 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2024-02-02 Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-06 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-07 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-08 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-08 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-09 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2024-02-20 Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-20 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-27 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-27 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-28 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-28 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-05 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-05 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB558ER) passage
• 2024-03-05 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-07 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 394 (effective - see bill) executive-signature
• 2024-04-04 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0394)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1148caea-4901-4d7b-aa70-f41540f0ee1e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).