republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-639.md

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Bill	Real property tax; notice of rate and assessment changes.	Real property tax; notice of assessment changes. Provides that in certain localities, in the event that the total assessed value of real property would result in an increase of one percent or more in the total real property tax levied, the notice of assessment changes shall state the tax rate that would levy the same amount of real estate tax as the previous year when multiplied by the new total assessed value of real estate. This bill is identical to SB 677.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 639	Virginia HB 639 (2024)	bill		enacted	Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr.	4	30	6	2024-01-09	2024-03-26	openstates	ocd-bill/cf45d221-6b3d-48de-b6e8-d2d7f437cbed	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB639	1560dde39bb1a58f742cde5bd9fb2d523f3ff05f98ddf598fc1571d48018e42a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 639 (2024) — Real property tax; notice of rate and assessment changes.

Real property tax; notice of assessment changes. Provides that in certain localities, in the event that the total assessed value of real property would result in an increase of one percent or more in the total real property tax levied, the notice of assessment changes shall state the tax rate that would levy the same amount of real estate tax as the previous year when multiplied by the new total assessed value of real estate. This bill is identical to SB 677.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0142 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24105997D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB639ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24105025D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — primary (person)
• Wendell S. Walker — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24105025D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2024-01-21 Impact statement from TAX (HB639)
• 2024-01-22 Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2024-01-30 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-30 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-01-31 Reported from Finance with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-31 Committee substitute printed 24105997D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-02 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-05 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-05 Committee substitute agreed to 24105997D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-05 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB639H1 substitution
• 2024-02-06 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-06 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-07 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 Impact statement from TAX (HB639H1)
• 2024-02-15 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-19 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-20 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-26 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-26 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB639ER) passage
• 2024-02-26 Impact statement from TAX (HB639ER)
• 2024-02-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-02-28 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-26 Approved by Governor-Chapter 142 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-26 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0142)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cf45d221-6b3d-48de-b6e8-d2d7f437cbed. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).