| Bills |
Committee | Last action | Date |
| HB 1655 - Miyares - Real property tax; exemption for disabled veterans, surviving spouse's ability to move. |
(H) Committee on Finance
(S) Committee on Finance | (G) Approved by Governor-Chapter 15 (effective 1/1/19) | 02/15/19 |
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SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Real property tax exemption for disabled veterans; surviving spouses; ability to move to a different residence. Enacts as statutory law an amendment to subdivision (a) of Section 6-A of Article X of the Constitution of Virginia that was adopted by the voters on November 6, 2018, which applies the real property tax exemption for the surviving spouse of a disabled veteran to such spouse's principal place of residence regardless of whether such spouse moves to a different residence.
ASSOCIATION POSITION: WATCH |
| HB 1925 - Keam - Assumed/fictitious name certificate; conforms 1/1/2020 as date where certificates are to be filed. |
(H) Committee on Commerce and Labor
(S) Committee on Commerce and Labor | (G) Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019 | 02/27/19 |
notes:
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Assumed or fictitious name certificates. Conforms January 1, 2020, as the date when certificates of assumed or fictitious name are to be filed centrally with the clerk of the State Corporation Commission rather than with the clerk of court. A provision of existing law provides that central filing of such certificates is scheduled to commence May 1, 2019. Changing that date from May1, 2019, to January 1 2020, will conform the commencement of central filing to the date set by legislation enacted in the 2018 Session of the General Assembly. The measure has an emergency clause.
ASSOCIATION POSITION: WATCH |
| HB 1937 - Krizek - Real property tax; exemptions for elderly and handicapped, computation of income limitation. |
(H) Committee on Finance
(S) Committee on Finance | (G) Approved by Governor-Chapter 16 (effective 7/1/19) | 02/15/19 |
notes:
Local option to do this.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Real property tax; exemptions for elderly and handicapped; computation of income limitation. Provides that, if a locality has established a real estate tax exemption for the elderly and handicapped and enacted an income limitation related to the exemption, the locality may exclude, for purposes of the limitation, any income received by a family member or nonrelative who lives in the dwelling and who is permanently and totally disabled.
ASSOCIATION POSITION: WATCH |
| HB 2150 - Ingram - Real property tax; exemption for the elderly and disabled, improvements to a dwelling. |
(H) Committee on Finance
(S) Committee on Finance | (G) Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019 | 02/21/19 |
notes:
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Real property tax exemption for the elderly and disabled; improvements to a dwelling. Provides that, for purposes of the real property tax exemption for the elderly and disabled, certain improvements to exempt land and the land such improvements are situated on shall be included as part of the dwelling and exempt from tax.
ASSOCIATION POSITION: SUPPORT |
| HB 2365 - Knight - Land preservation; special assessment, optional limit on annual increase in assessed value. |
(H) Committee on Finance
(S) Committee on Finance | (G) Approved by Governor-Chapter 22 (effective 7/1/19) | 02/15/19 |
notes:
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Special assessment for land preservation; optional limit on annual increase in assessed value. Authorizes localities that require use value assessment and taxation to provide by ordinance that the annual increase in the assessed value of eligible property shall not exceed a specified dollar amount.
ASSOCIATION POSITION: WATCH |
| HB 2440 - Campbell, R.R. - Intangible personal property; classification and exemption of certain business property. |
(H) Committee on Finance
(S) Committee on Finance | (G) Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019 | 02/21/19 |
notes:
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Intangible personal property; classification and exemption of certain business property. Classifies as intangible property, and exempts from taxation, personal property that is employed in a trade or business, has an original cost of less than $25, and is not classified as machinery and tools, merchants' capital, or short-term rental property.
ASSOCIATION POSITION: WATCH |
| HB 2733 - Webert - Personal property tax; exemption for agricultural vehicles. |
(H) Committee on Finance
(S) Committee on Finance | (G) Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019 | 02/21/19 |
notes:
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Personal property tax; exemption for agricultural vehicles. Provides that, for purposes of the optional local personal property tax exemptions for motor vehicles, trucks, and tractors, the exemption shall apply if the vehicle is used primarily for agricultural purposes. Under current law, the exemption applies only if the vehicle is used exclusively for agricultural purposes.
ASSOCIATION POSITION: WATCH |
| HB 2811 - Webert - Tax-exempt pollution control facilities; adds Va. Dept. of Health as a certifying authority. |
(H) Committee on Finance
(S) Committee on Finance | (G) Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019 | 02/21/19 |
notes:
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Tax-exempt pollution control facilities; certifying authority; Virginia Department of Health. Adds to the duties of the Virginia Department of Health the duty of serving as a state certifying authority in determining conformity with state requirements for certain tax-exempt water pollution control projects. Under current law, the State Water Control Board is the only state certifying authority for water pollution projects.
ASSOCIATION POSITION: WATCH |
| HJ 676 - Filler-Corn - Constitutional amendment; personal property tax exemption for motor vehicle of a disabled veteran. |
(H) Committee on Privileges and Elections
(S) Committee on Privileges and Elections | (S) Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) | 02/22/19 |
notes:
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Constitutional amendment (first resolution); personal property tax exemption; motor vehicle of a veteran who is disabled. Provides that one motor vehicle of a veteran who has a 100 percent service-connected, permanent, and total disability shall be exempt from state and local taxes. The amendment provides that only automobiles and pickup trucks qualify for the exemption.
ASSOCIATION POSITION: WATCH |
| HJ 687 - Keam - Tax assessments; Small Business Com. to study procedures for appealing decisions. |
(H) Committee on Rules
(S) Committee on Rules | (H) VOTE: ADOPTION (92-Y 6-N) | 02/23/19 |
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SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Office of the Executive Secretary; study of options and models for a tax court system in the Commonwealth; report. Requests that the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Virginia Supreme Court study options and models for a tax court system in the Commonwealth, including the tax court systems of other states, as well as options and models provided by research organizations. The Office of the Executive Secretary shall report its findings to the members of the General Assembly by the first day of the 2020 Regular Session.
ASSOCIATION POSITION: WATCH |
| SB 1091 - Reeves - Rezoning and site plan approval; decommissioning solar energy equipment, etc. |
(H) Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
(S) Committee on Local Government | (G) Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019 | 02/20/19 |
notes:
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Property tax exemption for solar photovoltaic systems; bonding requirement; regulations. Requires an owner or operator of solar photovoltaic systems and related equipment to submit a performance and reclamation bond to the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (the Department) in order to qualify for a property tax exemption. The bill also requires the Department to promulgate regulations requiring all such owners and operators to submit decommissioning and site reclamation plans.
ASSOCIATION POSITION: WATCH
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| SB 1196 - Dance - Real property tax; exemption for the elderly and disabled, improvements to a dwelling. |
(H) Committee on Finance
(S) Committee on Finance | (G) Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019 | 02/20/19 |
notes:
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Real property tax exemption for the elderly and disabled; improvements to a dwelling. Provides that, for purposes of the real property tax exemption for the elderly and disabled, certain improvements to exempt land and the land such improvements are situated on shall be included as part of the dwelling and exempt from tax.
ASSOCIATION POSITION: SUPPORT |
| SB 1270 - Stuart - Real property tax; exemption for disabled veterans, surviving spouse's ability to move. |
(H) Committee on Finance
(S) Committee on Finance | (G) Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019 | 02/27/19 |
notes:
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Real property tax exemption for disabled veterans; surviving spouses; ability to move to a different residence. Enacts as statutory law an amendment to subdivision (a) of Section 6-A of Article X of the Constitution of Virginia that was adopted by the voters on November 6, 2018, which applies the real property tax exemption for the surviving spouse of a disabled veteran to such spouse's principal place of residence regardless of whether such spouse moves to a different residence. The provisions of the bill would apply to taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2019. The bill makes technical corrections related to the real property tax exemptions for surviving spouses of members of the armed forces killed in action and surviving spouses of certain persons killed in the line of duty
ASSOCIATION POSITION: WATCH |
| SB 1425 - Dunnavant - License tax, local; mobile food units. |
(H) Committee on Finance
(S) Committee on Finance | (G) Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019 | 03/04/19 |
notes:
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Local license tax; mobile food units. Provides that when the owner of a mobile food unit, defined as a restaurant mounted on wheels and readily moveable at any time during its operation, pays any license tax in the county or city in which the mobile food unit is registered and in which property taxes are paid, no other license shall be required in any other county, city, or town in the Commonwealth.
ASSOCIATION POSITION: WATCH |
| SB 1430 - Obenshain - Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council; duties. |
(H) Committee for Courts of Justice
(S) Committee on Rules | (G) Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019 | 03/04/19 |
notes:
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Conflict of interest; dual-office holding; duties of Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council; training requirement; inquiries from citizens. Requires all local elected officials to take training on the provisions of the State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act at least once every two years. The bill requires such officials in office on July 1, 2019, to complete such training no later than December 31, 2019. The bill also prohibits an attorney for the Commonwealth from serving simultaneously as a county, city, or town attorney. The bill requires the Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council (the Council) to offer guidance to any person who contacts the Council with an inquiry regarding ethics, conflicts issues, or a person's duties under the General Assembly Conflicts of Interests Act, the State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act, or lobbying laws. Current law requires the Council to offer guidance on such Acts and lobbying laws to state and local government agencies and to those individuals to whom the Acts and lobbying laws apply.
ASSOCIATION POSITION: WATCH
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| SB 1431 - Obenshain - Virginia Freedom of Information Act; training requirements for local elected officials. |
(H) Committee on General Laws
(S) Committee on Finance | (S) Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N 1-A) | 02/23/19 |
notes:
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Virginia Freedom of Information Act; training requirements; proceedings for enforcement. Requires the Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council to provide, and local elected officials to complete, training on the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The bill requires local elected officials to complete such training at least once every two years while they are in office. The bill also eliminates the three-day notice requirement for a hearing on a petition for mandamus or injunction alleging a violation of the Act. The bill contains technical amendments.
ASSOCIATION POSITION: WATCH |
| SB 1588 - Lewis - Real property taxes; partial exemption for flood mitigation efforts. |
(H) Committee on Finance
(S) Committee on Finance | (G) Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019 | 02/20/19 |
notes:
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Partial exemption from real property taxes for flood mitigation efforts. Codifies an amendment to Article X, Section 6 of the Constitution of Virginia that was adopted by the voters on November 6, 2018, which enables a locality to provide by ordinance a partial exemption from real property taxes for flooding abatement, mitigation, or resiliency efforts for improved real estate that is subject to recurrent flooding. The bill provides that exemptions may only be granted for qualifying flood improvements. Qualifying flood improvements are defined in the bill as improvements that do not increase the size of any impervious area and are made to qualifying structures or to land. Qualifying structures are defined as structures that were completed prior to July 1, 2018 or were completed more than 10 years prior to the completion of the improvements. For improvements made to land, the improvements must be made primarily for the benefit of one or more qualifying structures. No exemption shall be granted for any improvements made prior to July 1, 2018.
The locality is granted the authority to (i) establish flood protection standards that qualifying flood improvements must meet in order to be eligible for the exemption; (ii) determine the amount of the exemption; (iii) set income or property value limitations on eligibility; (iv) provide that the exemption shall only last for a certain number of years; (v) determine, based upon flood risk, areas of the locality where the exemption may be claimed; and (vi) establish preferred actions for qualifying for the exemption, including living shorelines
ASSOCIATION POSITION: WATCH
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| SJ 313 - Petersen - Commending the Commissioners of the Revenue Association of Virginia. |
| (S) Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ313ER) | 02/05/19 |
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Summary as introduced:
Commending the Commissioners of the Revenue Association of Virginia.
ASSOCIATION POSITION: SUPPORT |