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type: "Bill"
title: "Tax exempt property; nonprofit institutions of learning, provisions are declaratory of existing law."
description: "Tax exempt property; nonprofit institutions of learning; emergency. Clarifies existing law in that institutions licensed by the Department of Education that provide services pursuant to the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act or any school that is licensed by the Board of Education as a school for students with disabilities are institutions of learning not conducted for profit whose property is exempt from taxation pursuant to the Constitution of Virginia. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to HB 1970."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1202"
citation: "Virginia SB 1202 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Creigh Deeds"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 54
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f78322c-a5e8-4888-a2ac-87f3782f7e3d"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1202"
source_hash: "69b9ce8199124772c249b1d8ceff9d4451a4a2923eea23b74c212d9531e643aa"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 1202 (2025) — Tax exempt property; nonprofit institutions of learning, provisions are declaratory of existing law.
Tax exempt property; nonprofit institutions of learning; emergency. Clarifies existing law in that institutions licensed by the Department of Education that provide services pursuant to the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act or any school that is licensed by the Board of Education as a school for students with disabilities are institutions of learning not conducted for profit whose property is exempt from taxation pursuant to the Constitution of Virginia. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to HB 1970.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1018209.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079255.PDF)
3. **Conference Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1067782.HTML)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1036137.PDF)
5. **Finance Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1045416.PDF)
6. **Finance and Appropriations Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1034512.HTML)
7. **Governor's Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074225.HTML)
8. **Reenrolled** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1075386.PDF)
9. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1069363.PDF)
## Votes
- Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N) — **950** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — **200** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Passed House (96-Y 0-N) — **960** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — **400** (pass) · upper
- House concurred in Governor's recommendation (94-Y 0-N) — **940** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- House substitute rejected by Senate (2-Y 36-N) — **236** (fail) · upper
- Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; Offered 01-08-2025 25104443D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-08** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-18** Impact statement from TAX (SB1202)
- **2025-01-29** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-30** Rules suspended
- **2025-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
- **2025-01-30** Passed by for the day
- **2025-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-01-31** Reading of amendment waived
- **2025-01-31** Finance and Appropriations Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2025-01-31** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2025-01-31** Printed as engrossed 25104443D-E
- **2025-01-31** Rules suspended
- **2025-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-31** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-06** Placed on Calendar
- **2025-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-06** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06** Impact statement from TAX (SB1202)
- **2025-02-10** Reported from Finance with substitute (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-10** Committee substitute printed 25107134D-H1 `substitution`
- **2025-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-13** Finance Substitute agreed to
- **2025-02-13** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2025-02-13** Passed House with substitute (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-17** House substitute rejected by Senate (2-Y 36-N)
- **2025-02-18** House insisted on substitute `substitution`
- **2025-02-18** House requested conference committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-19** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2025-02-19** Senators: Deeds, Hashmi, Obenshain
- **2025-02-20** Conferees appointed by House
- **2025-02-20** Delegates: Watts, Laufer, Walker
- **2025-02-22** Amended by conference committee
- **2025-02-22** Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-22** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1202ER) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Impact statement from TAX (SB1202)
- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Governor's recommendation received by Senate `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2025-04-02** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-04-02** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (94-Y 0-N)
- **2025-04-02** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-02** Reenrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-04-02** Reenrolled bill text (SB1202ER2) `enrolled`
- **2025-04-02** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2025-04-02** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2025-04-02** Enacted, Chapter 620 (Effective 04/02/2025) `became-law`
- **2025-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0620)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f78322c-a5e8-4888-a2ac-87f3782f7e3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).