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Virginia General Assembly · HB 854 · Acts of Assembly Chapter 683

Real property tax; local classification or designation for property, nonprofit organizations.

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Officially: “An Act to amend and reenact §§ 58.1-3603 and 58.1-3651 of the Code of Virginia, relating to real property tax; local classification or designation for portion of property. Read the full text

2026 session

What it does

Real property tax; local classification or designation for portion of property. Clarifies that, in accordance with the Constitution of Virginia and by adoption of a local ordinance, any locality may by designation or classification exempt from real or personal property taxes, or both, the real or personal property, or both, owned by an ownership entity of which a controlling interest of the managing member or general partner of such ownership entity is held, directly or indirectly, by one or mor
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Where it is

Introduced · Jan 13, 2026
Acts of Assembly Chapter 683 (latest official status)
Latest official status shown, exactly as the official record states it. The step by step history lives on the official page linked below.

The numbers

1
sponsor on the bill

Sponsors

Rae Cousins

Recorded votes

Senate substitute agreed to by House (90-Y 5-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-03-06 · P · Y 90, X 4, N 5
Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-04 · P · Y 40
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-03 · P · Y 40
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)Senate · 2026-03-03 · P · Y 15
Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-02-03 · P · Y 97, X 3
Reported from Finance with substitute (22-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-01-28 · P · Y 22
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-01-27 · P · Y 9, X 1
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 1-N)House of Delegates · 2026-01-27 · P · Y 8, X 1, N 1
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Virginia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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