Virginia House Bill 46 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: Passed on April 7 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-04-07 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0757)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Constitutional amendment (voter referendum) and implementing legislation; property tax exemption for surviving spouses of soldiers killed in action. Provides for a referendum at the November 4, 2014, election to approve or reject an amendment to allow the General Assembly to exempt from taxation the real property of the surviving spouse of a soldier killed in action. The constitutional amendment provides that the surviving spouse must occupy the real property as his or her principal place of residence and any exemption ceases if the surviving spouse remarries. If the amendment is approved, the bill provides that beginning with tax year 2015 the exemption would apply to a dwelling with an assessed value in the most recently ended tax year that does not exceed the average assessed value for such year for dwellings in the locality that are zoned as single family residential. The exemption would apply for the dwelling and the land upon which it is situated, not exceeding one acre.

Real property tax; exemption for spouses of members of armed forces killed in action.

Del. David Albo [R]	Sen. Lynwood Lewis [D]	Del. Brenda Pogge [R]	Del. Ron Villanueva [R]
Del. Rick Morris [R]	Del. David Ramadan [R]	Del. Terry Austin [R]

2014-03-03 - House - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (93-Y 0-N) (Y: 95 N: 0 NV: 7 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-27 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-26 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-25 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance with substitute (17-Y 0-N) (Y: 17 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-01-29 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 101 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-01-24 - House - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-01-20 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-04-07		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0757)
2014-04-07		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 757 (effective 7/1/14)
2014-03-09	Senate	Signed by President
2014-03-06	House	Signed by Speaker
2014-03-06	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB46ER)
2014-03-06	House	Enrolled
2014-03-03	House	VOTE: ADOPTION (93-Y 0-N)
2014-03-03	House	Senate substitute agreed to by House 14105296D-S1 (93-Y 0-N)
2014-02-28	House	Placed on Calendar
2014-02-27	Senate	Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
2014-02-27	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB46S1
2014-02-27	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 14105296D-S1
2014-02-27	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2014-02-27	Senate	Read third time
2014-02-26	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2014-02-25	Senate	Committee substitute printed 14105296D-S1
2014-02-25	Senate	Reported from Finance with substitute (17-Y 0-N)
2014-02-18	Senate	Rereferred to Finance
2014-02-18	Senate	Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N)
2014-01-30	Senate	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2014-01-30	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2014-01-29	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
2014-01-29	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2014-01-28	House	Read second time and engrossed
2014-01-27	House	Read first time
2014-01-24	House	Reported from Privileges and Elections (21-Y 0-N)
2014-01-20	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
2014-01-10	House	Assigned P & E sub: Constitutional Amendments Subcommittee
2013-12-02	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2013-12-02	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14100908D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+sum+HB46
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+HB46+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+HB46S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+HB46ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0757+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+H1803V0002+HB0046
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+H18V0008+HB0046
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+HV0276+HB0046
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+S08V0045+HB0046
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+S05V0201+HB0046
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+SV0585HB0046+HB0046
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+SV0636HB0046+HB0046
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+HV1243+HB0046