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type: "Bill"
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title: "Property tax; exemption for surviving spouses of armed forces members who died in the line of duty."
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description: "Property tax exemption; surviving spouses ofarmed forces members who died in the line of duty. Expands thereal property tax exemption that is currently available to the survivingspouses of soldiers killed in action to the surviving spouses ofsoldiers who died in the line of duty with a Line of Duty determinationfrom the U.S. Department of Defense. This bill is enabling legislationfor a constitutional amendment to be presented during the November2024 general election."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "SB 240"
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citation: "Virginia SB 240 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jeremy S. McPike"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2024-01-09"
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last_action: "2024-04-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4925c014-ca06-4d6c-bae8-eb5307e19c8e"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB240"
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source_hash: "a9529f148b4008efab813ec5f42e85da29e645e169b35ce20463ac14cdbf33d8"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 240 (2024) — Property tax; exemption for surviving spouses of armed forces members who died in the line of duty.
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Property tax exemption; surviving spouses ofarmed forces members who died in the line of duty. Expands thereal property tax exemption that is currently available to the survivingspouses of soldiers killed in action to the surviving spouses ofsoldiers who died in the line of duty with a Line of Duty determinationfrom the U.S. Department of Defense. This bill is enabling legislationfor a constitutional amendment to be presented during the November2024 general election.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0583** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0583)
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2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100971D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB240)
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3. **SB240ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB240ER)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Jeremy S. McPike — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100971D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-22** Impact statement from TAX (SB240)
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- **2024-01-30** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-01** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-02** Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-13** Placed on Calendar
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- **2024-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-26** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-27** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-29** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-29** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-29** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-03-05** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-05** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB240ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-05** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-07** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-12** Impact statement from TAX (SB240ER)
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- **2024-04-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 583 (effective - see bill) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-05** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0583)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4925c014-ca06-4d6c-bae8-eb5307e19c8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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