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| Bill | Tax exempt property; nonprofit institutions of learning, provisions are declaratory of existing law. | Tax exempt property; nonprofit institutions of learning; emergency. Clarifies existing law in that institutions licensed by the Department of Education that provide services pursuant to the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act or any school that is licensed by the Board of Education as a school for students with disabilities are institutions of learning not conducted for profit whose property is exempt from taxation pursuant to the Constitution of Virginia. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to SB 1202. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | HB 1970 | Virginia HB 1970 (2025) |
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Virginia HB 1970 (2025) — Tax exempt property; nonprofit institutions of learning, provisions are declaratory of existing law.
Tax exempt property; nonprofit institutions of learning; emergency. Clarifies existing law in that institutions licensed by the Department of Education that provide services pursuant to the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act or any school that is licensed by the Board of Education as a school for students with disabilities are institutions of learning not conducted for profit whose property is exempt from taxation pursuant to the Constitution of Virginia. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to SB 1202.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Conference Report (committee substitute) — source
- Finance and Appropriations Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Governor's Recommendation (committee substitute) — source
- Reenrolled (committee substitute) — source
- Senate Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Senate insisted on amendment (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance (21-Y 1-N) — 21–1 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
- Senate Amendment rejected by House (0-Y 92-N) — 0–92 (fail) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Vivian E. Watts — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; Offered 01-13-2025 25104444D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-06 Referred to Committee on Finance
referral-committee - 2025-01-16 Impact statement from TAX (HB1970)
- 2025-01-24 Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1
referral-committee - 2025-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 2025-01-29 Reported from Finance (21-Y 1-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-31 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-02-03 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2025-02-04 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2025-02-11 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-11 Rules suspended
- 2025-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 2025-02-11 Passed by for the day
- 2025-02-12 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-12 Reading of amendment waived
- 2025-02-12 Finance and Appropriations Amendment agreed to
amendment-passage - 2025-02-12 Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 2025-02-12 Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-14 Senate Amendment rejected by House (0-Y 92-N)
amendment-failure - 2025-02-18 Senate insisted on amendment (40-Y 0-N)
- 2025-02-18 Senate requested conference committee
referral-committee - 2025-02-19 House acceded to request
- 2025-02-19 Conferees appointed by House
- 2025-02-19 Delegates: Watts, Laufer, Walker
- 2025-02-20 Conferees appointed by Senate
- 2025-02-20 Senators: Deeds, Locke, Pillion
- 2025-02-22 Amended by conference committee
- 2025-02-22 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-02-22 Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-03-07 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1970ER)
passage - 2025-03-07 Impact statement from TAX (HB1970)
- 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-03-10 Signed by President
passage - 2025-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-24 Governor's recommendation received by House
executive-veto-line-item - 2025-04-02 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N)
- 2025-04-02 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 2025-04-02 Governor's recommendation adopted
executive-signature - 2025-04-02 Reenrolled
enrolled - 2025-04-02 Reenrolled bill text (HB1970ER2)
enrolled - 2025-04-02 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
enrolled, passage - 2025-04-02 Signed by President as reenrolled
enrolled, passage - 2025-04-02 Enacted, Chapter 645 (Effective 04/02/25)
became-law - 2025-04-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0645)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/70411174-3636-412f-8918-1e963b8a0781. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).