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type: "Bill"
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title: "Real estate; exemptions, recordation of signed writing, etc."
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description: "Provides that, in order to secure the benefits of the homestead exemption for real estate, a householder shall record a writing declaring his intention to claim such a benefit in the county or city in which such real estate or any part thereof is located or, if such property is located outside the Commonwealth, in the county or city in the Commonwealth where the householder resides."
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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 2711"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2711 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Homestead and Other Exemptions"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Marcus B. Simon"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2019-01-15"
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last_action: "2019-03-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff611645-d6c2-4160-9dcb-ba4152aa2f5a"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2711"
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source_hash: "1cbab8cc587d19b496db39f44324defe8528b436952fde75ec4786bddf4b14a0"
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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 2711 (2019) — Real estate; exemptions, recordation of signed writing, etc.
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Provides that, in order to secure the benefits of the homestead exemption for real estate, a householder shall record a writing declaring his intention to claim such a benefit in the county or city in which such real estate or any part thereof is located or, if such property is located outside the Commonwealth, in the county or city in the Commonwealth where the householder resides.
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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 (CHAP0492)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0492)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2711ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2711ER)
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3. **House: Presented and ordered printed 19103934D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2711)
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4. **Senate amendments engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2711ASE)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with amendment — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate amendment agreed to by House — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Marcus B. Simon — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-15** Presented and ordered printed 19103934D `introduction`
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- **2019-01-15** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-21** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-28** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-29** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2019-01-30** Passed by for the day
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- **2019-01-31** Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-02-01** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-14** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2019-02-14** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2019-02-14** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2019-02-18** Placed on Calendar
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- **2019-02-18** Senate amendment agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
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- **2019-02-21** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-21** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-21** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
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- **2019-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
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- **2019-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 492 (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/ff611645-d6c2-4160-9dcb-ba4152aa2f5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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