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type: "Bill"
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title: "Tax exempt property; nonprofit institutions of learning, provisions are declaratory of existing law."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 1970"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1970 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Vivian E. Watts"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 48
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vote_count: 13
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first_action: "2025-01-06"
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last_action: "2025-04-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70411174-3636-412f-8918-1e963b8a0781"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1970"
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source_hash: "70327907feb8d30519b8123b0b7c93bff1ed0cf26c3745df0bf1b8648c9482db"
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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 HB 1970 (2025) — Tax exempt property; nonprofit institutions of learning, provisions are declaratory of existing law.
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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.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1014216.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079203.PDF)
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3. **Conference Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1067770.HTML)
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4. **Finance and Appropriations Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1046965.HTML)
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5. **Governor's Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073847.HTML)
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6. **Reenrolled** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074874.PDF)
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7. **Senate Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1048719.HTML)
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8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1069024.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate insisted on amendment (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Amendment rejected by House (0-Y 92-N) — **0–92** (fail) · lower
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- Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Vivian E. Watts — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; Offered 01-13-2025 25104444D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-06** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-16** Impact statement from TAX (HB1970)
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- **2025-01-24** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-29** Reported from Finance (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-11** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-11** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-11** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-12** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-12** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2025-02-12** Finance and Appropriations Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-02-12** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2025-02-12** Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-14** Senate Amendment rejected by House (0-Y 92-N) `amendment-failure`
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- **2025-02-18** Senate insisted on amendment (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-18** Senate requested conference committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-19** House acceded to request
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- **2025-02-19** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2025-02-19** Delegates: Watts, Laufer, Walker
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- **2025-02-20** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2025-02-20** Senators: Deeds, Locke, Pillion
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- **2025-02-22** Amended by conference committee
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- **2025-02-22** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-22** Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1970ER) `passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Impact statement from TAX (HB1970)
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- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-24** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
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- **2025-04-02** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-04-02** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-04-02** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-02** Reenrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-04-02** Reenrolled bill text (HB1970ER2) `enrolled`
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- **2025-04-02** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
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- **2025-04-02** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
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- **2025-04-02** Enacted, Chapter 645 (Effective 04/02/25) `became-law`
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- **2025-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0645)
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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/70411174-3636-412f-8918-1e963b8a0781`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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