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type: "Bill"
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title: "Real property tax; partial exemption for certain commercial and industrial structures."
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description: "Reduces from 20 years to 15 years the minimum age of a structure in a technology zone that is rehabilitated for commercial use that qualifies the rehabilitated structure for a partial exemption from real property taxes. Under current law, a 15-year age minimum applies only to structures located in an enterprise zone designated by the Commonwealth, and a 20-year age minimum applies in all other situations. The bill contains technical amendments."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 1455"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1455 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Real Estate and Real Estate Tax", "Taxation"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["R. Lee Ware"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2016-12-05"
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last_action: "2017-02-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b69ba7d-b1b2-47eb-b5a5-73e1343ff216"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1455"
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source_hash: "653a38d0ab77e736027960675d34da9d3508ba056fea3aa5904147961a6ddd0a"
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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 1455 (2017) — Real property tax; partial exemption for certain commercial and industrial structures.
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Reduces from 20 years to 15 years the minimum age of a structure in a technology zone that is rehabilitated for commercial use that qualifies the rehabilitated structure for a partial exemption from real property taxes. Under current law, a 15-year age minimum applies only to structures located in an enterprise zone designated by the Commonwealth, and a 20-year age minimum applies in all other situations. The bill contains technical amendments.
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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. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0024)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1455ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1455ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101736D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1455)
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4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17101736D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1455E)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Finance — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Finance with amendments — **21–1** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- R. Lee Ware — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-12-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101736D `introduction`
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- **2016-12-05** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-11** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-25** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-25** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2017-01-25** Engrossed by House as amended HB1455E
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- **2017-01-25** Printed as engrossed 17101736D-E
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- **2017-01-26** Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-09** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-13** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-13** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-13** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/14/17
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- **2017-02-14** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2017
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- **2017-02-17** Approved by Governor-Chapter 24 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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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/7b69ba7d-b1b2-47eb-b5a5-73e1343ff216`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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