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type: "Bill"
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title: "Real property tax exemption; surviving spouses of members of armed forces who died in line of duty."
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description: "Real property tax exemption; surviving spouses of members of the armed forces who died in the line of duty; clarification for deaths resulting from suicide. Clarifies that the real property tax exemption currently available to the surviving spouse of any member of the armed forces of the United States who died in the line of duty with a Line of Duty determination from the U.S. Department of Defense includes the death of any such member that was the result of suicide."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 1868"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1868 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Michael B. Feggans"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 44
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vote_count: 11
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first_action: "2025-01-06"
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last_action: "2025-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/587ff5b1-f4e5-471e-a7f4-2bf142a16f20"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1868"
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source_hash: "7939be716e2dc1cc3fee842afd35543031b4d7f7df203c6503f0fe040a08d369"
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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 1868 (2025) — Real property tax exemption; surviving spouses of members of armed forces who died in line of duty.
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Real property tax exemption; surviving spouses of members of the armed forces who died in the line of duty; clarification for deaths resulting from suicide. Clarifies that the real property tax exemption currently available to the surviving spouse of any member of the armed forces of the United States who died in the line of duty with a Line of Duty determination from the U.S. Department of Defense includes the death of any such member that was the result of suicide.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013294.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1077023.PDF)
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3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1027264.PDF)
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4. **Finance Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1026201.HTML)
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5. **Finance and Appropriations Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1059446.PDF)
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6. **Senator Rouse, Aaron R. Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1063607.PDF)
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7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066972.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Substitute by Senator Rouse reconsidered — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate substitute agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Committee substitute reconsidered (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reconsideration of Passed Senate with substitute block vote agreed to (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Michael B. Feggans — primary (person)
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- Anne Ferrell Tata — cosponsor (person)
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- Joshua E. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
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- Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
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- Phil M. Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104206D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-06** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-17** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-19** Impact statement from TAX (HB1868)
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- **2025-01-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-22** Reported from Finance with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-27** Finance Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-01-27** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2025-01-27** Printed as engrossed 25104206D-E
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- **2025-01-28** Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2025-01-29** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-08** Impact statement from TAX (HB1868)
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- **2025-02-17** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-18** Committee substitute printed 25107619D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2025-02-19** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-19** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-20** Floor substitute printed 25107754D-S2 (Rouse)
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- **2025-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-20** Finance and Appropriations Substitute rejected
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- **2025-02-20** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2025-02-20** Senator Rouse, Aaron R. Substitute agreed to
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- **2025-02-20** Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute
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- **2025-02-20** Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Reconsideration of Passed Senate with substitute block vote agreed to (39-Y 0-N) `passage, substitution`
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- **2025-02-20** Substitute by Senator Rouse reconsidered
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- **2025-02-20** Committee substitute reconsidered (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-20** Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
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- **2025-02-20** Senator Rouse, Aaron R. Substitute ruled out of order
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- **2025-02-20** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-02-20** Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Senate substitute agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1868ER) `passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Impact statement from TAX (HB1868)
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- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 486 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0486)
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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/587ff5b1-f4e5-471e-a7f4-2bf142a16f20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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