republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-474.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real estate with delinquent taxes or liens; apptmt. of special commissioner, increases value."
description: "Real estate with delinquent taxes or liens; appointment of special commissioner; increases required value. Increases from $75,000 to $125,000 the maximum assessment that an individual parcel of land may be valued at to be subject to a locality's appointment of a special commissioner to convey property with delinquent taxes or liens to the locality, to the locality's land bank entity, or to an existing nonprofit entity designated by the locality to carry out the functions of a land bank entity in lieu of sale at public auction. The bill contains technical amendments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 474"
citation: "Virginia HB 474 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sam Rasoul"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-12"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1bbf4997-e785-4e52-a8cb-85735fb2e055"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB474"
source_hash: "651b733e71014649a7df0f2da52922c517ab71d7f5f8e0baf7518bd7e7a61b6c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 474 (2026) — Real estate with delinquent taxes or liens; apptmt. of special commissioner, increases value.

Real estate with delinquent taxes or liens; appointment of special commissioner; increases required value. Increases from $75,000 to $125,000 the maximum assessment that an individual parcel of land may be valued at to be subject to a locality's appointment of a special commissioner to convey property with delinquent taxes or liens to the locality, to the locality's land bank entity, or to an existing nonprofit entity designated by the locality to carry out the functions of a land bank entity in lieu of sale at public auction. The bill contains technical amendments.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1084601.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216721.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1101005.PDF)
4. **Finance Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1100753.HTML)
5. **Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1100725.HTML)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1191189.PDF)

## Votes

- Passage R — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance with amendment(s) — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sam Rasoul — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103357D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-12** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-23** Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (1/23/2026 6:51 pm)
- **2026-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
- **2026-01-28** House subcommittee offered
- **2026-01-28** Reported from Finance with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-02** committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-02** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2026-02-02** Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- **2026-02-03** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-04** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (2/17/2026 3:41 pm)
- **2026-02-25** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-26** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-26** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-26** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-27** Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-04** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB474ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (3/6/2026 11:18 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`
- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 151 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0151)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1bbf4997-e785-4e52-a8cb-85735fb2e055`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).