Virginia House Bill 865 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on February 24 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-02-24 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0017)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Constitutional amendment (voter referendum); property tax exemption for surviving spouse of certain emergency services providers. Provides for a referendum at the November 8, 2016, election to approve or reject an amendment to Article X of the Constitution of Virginia to allow the General Assembly to provide an option to the localities to exempt from taxation the real property of the surviving spouse of any law-enforcement officer, firefighter, search and rescue personnel, or emergency medical services personnel who was killed in the line of duty. The amendment provides that the surviving spouse must occupy the real property as his or her principal place of residence and that the exemption ceases if the surviving spouse remarries.

Constitutional amendment; real property tax exemptions.

Del. Timothy Hugo [R]

2016-02-12 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-09 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-03 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-01-29 - House - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-01-18 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-24		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0017)
2016-02-24		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 17 (effective 7/1/16)
2016-02-17		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Wednesday, February 24, 2016
2016-02-17	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/16
2016-02-16	Senate	Signed by President
2016-02-16	House	Signed by Speaker
2016-02-16	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB865ER)
2016-02-16	House	Enrolled
2016-02-12	Senate	Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
2016-02-12	Senate	Read third time
2016-02-11	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2016-02-09	Senate	Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 0-N)
2016-02-04	Senate	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2016-02-04	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2016-02-03	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
2016-02-03	House	Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
2016-02-02	House	Read second time and engrossed
2016-02-01	House	Read first time
2016-01-29	House	Reported from Privileges and Elections (21-Y 0-N)
2016-01-18	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
2016-01-15	House	Assigned P & E sub: Constitutional Amendments
2016-01-12	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2016-01-12	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101467D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB865
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB865+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB865ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0017+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H1803V0003+HB0865
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H18V0013+HB0865
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+HV0256+HB0865
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S08V0073+HB0865
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0330HB0865+HB0865
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0345HB0865+HB0865