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| Bill | Tax exemptions; Confederacy organizations. | Tax exemptions; Confederacy organizations. Eliminates the exemption from state recordation taxes for the Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and eliminates the tax-exempt designation for real and personal property owned by the Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the General Organization of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the Confederate Memorial Literary Society, the Stonewall Jackson Memorial, Incorporated, the Virginia Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans, and the J.E.B. Stuart Birthplace Preservation Trust, Inc. The bill contains technical amendments. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 167 | Virginia HB 167 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 167 (2026) — Tax exemptions; Confederacy organizations.
Tax exemptions; Confederacy organizations. Eliminates the exemption from state recordation taxes for the Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and eliminates the tax-exempt designation for real and personal property owned by the Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the General Organization of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the Confederate Memorial Literary Society, the Stonewall Jackson Memorial, Incorporated, the Virginia Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans, and the J.E.B. Stuart Birthplace Preservation Trust, Inc. The bill contains technical amendments.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–3 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 62–35 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 21–17 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 8–5 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance — 15–7 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Alex Q. Askew — primary (person)
- Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
- Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
- Garrett McGuire — cosponsor (person)
- Holly M. Seibold — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Callsen — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
- Leslie Chambers Mehta — cosponsor (person)
- Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102823D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-06 Referred to Committee on Finance
referral-committee - 2026-01-13 Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (1/13/2026 4:12 pm)
- 2026-02-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 3-N)
- 2026-02-03 Assigned HFIN sub: Subcommittee #2
referral-committee - 2026-02-04 Reported from Finance (15-Y 7-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-06 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-09 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-02-10 Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-11 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2026-02-17 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 5-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-18 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-18 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-18 Passed by for the day
- 2026-02-19 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-19 Passed Senate (21-Y 17-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-02-23 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-02-23 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB167ER)
passage - 2026-02-23 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-02-23 Signed by President
passage - 2026-02-24 Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (2/24/2026 7:36 am)
- 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 788 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ae0a4c35-1c99-4c18-971e-bcf74a39d32e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).