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type: "Bill"
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title: "Real property tax; exemption for disabled veterans, surviving spouse's ability to move."
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description: "Enacts as statutory law an amendment to subdivision (a) of Section 6-A of Article X of the Constitution of Virginia that was adopted by the voters on November 6, 2018, which applies the real property tax exemption for the surviving spouse of a disabled veteran to such spouse's principal place of residence regardless of whether such spouse moves to a different residence. The provisions of the bill would apply to taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2019. The bill makes technical corrections related to the real property tax exemptions for surviving spouses of members of the armed forces killed in action and surviving spouses of certain persons killed in the line of duty. This bill is identical to"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 1655"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1655 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Armed Forces", "Taxation"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jason S. Miyares"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2018-11-29"
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last_action: "2019-02-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd8654c9-d000-4e15-80a6-b7d8f0688ac5"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1655"
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source_hash: "ea88adff59328adf6fe8a53e9473fe31cfdef9e6eed80deffb7345bae1aef55c"
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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 1655 (2019) — Real property tax; exemption for disabled veterans, surviving spouse's ability to move.
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Enacts as statutory law an amendment to subdivision (a) of Section 6-A of Article X of the Constitution of Virginia that was adopted by the voters on November 6, 2018, which applies the real property tax exemption for the surviving spouse of a disabled veteran to such spouse's principal place of residence regardless of whether such spouse moves to a different residence. The provisions of the bill would apply to taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2019. The bill makes technical corrections related to the real property tax exemptions for surviving spouses of members of the armed forces killed in action and surviving spouses of certain persons killed in the line of duty. This bill is identical to
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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 (CHAP0015)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0015)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1655ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1655ER)
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3. **House: Committee substitute printed 19103726D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1655H1)
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4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101195D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1655)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **94–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Jason S. Miyares — primary (person)
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- Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
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- Emily M. Brewer — cosponsor (person)
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- James E. Edmunds, II — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-11-29** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101195D `introduction`
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- **2018-11-29** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-16** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-17** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2019-01-17** Committee substitute agreed to 19103726D-H1
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- **2019-01-17** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1655H1
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- **2019-01-18** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (94-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-01-21** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-01-21** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-07** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-11** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-11** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-11** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 12, 2019
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- **2019-02-12** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 19, 2019
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- **2019-02-15** Approved by Governor-Chapter 15 (effective 1/1/19) `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/bd8654c9-d000-4e15-80a6-b7d8f0688ac5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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