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type: "Bill"
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title: "Real estate; delinquent taxes or liens, appointment of special commissioner, City of Martinsville."
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description: "Adds Martinsville to the list of cities with different requirements for the appointment of a special commissioner to execute the necessary deed to convey property with delinquent taxes or liens to the locality in lieu of a sale at public auction."
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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 2405"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2405 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Real Estate and Real Estate Tax", "Taxation"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Les R. Adams"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2019-01-08"
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last_action: "2019-02-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7e7ff4c-0cbc-4036-9162-e9d6cc2e142f"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2405"
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source_hash: "dab913766dd6166142528566934c40f5426f0ff14baeed748a1c59e25a396481"
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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 2405 (2019) — Real estate; delinquent taxes or liens, appointment of special commissioner, City of Martinsville.
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Adds Martinsville to the list of cities with different requirements for the appointment of a special commissioner to execute the necessary deed to convey property with delinquent taxes or liens to the locality in lieu of a sale at public auction.
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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 (CHAP0159)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0159)
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2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2405AH)
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3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2405ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2405ER)
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4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102751D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2405)
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5. **House: Printed as engrossed 19102751D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2405E)
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6. **Senate amendments engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2405ASE)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **6–1** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance with amendment — **20–2** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance with amendment — **12–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate with amendment — **35–4** (pass) · upper
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- Senate amendment agreed to by House — **93–6** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed House — **88–8** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Les R. Adams — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102751D `introduction`
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- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-15** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2019-01-24** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2019-01-24** Engrossed by House as amended HB2405E
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- **2019-01-24** Printed as engrossed 19102751D-E
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- **2019-01-25** Read third time and passed House (88-Y 8-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-01-28** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-08** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-08** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2019-02-08** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2019-02-08** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2019-02-12** Placed on Calendar
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- **2019-02-12** Senate amendment agreed to by House (93-Y 6-N)
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- **2019-02-14** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-14** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-14** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-18** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2019
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- **2019-02-18** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
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- **2019-02-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 159 (effective 7/1/19) `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/f7e7ff4c-0cbc-4036-9162-e9d6cc2e142f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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