2025 Regular SessionVirginia Legislature

SB900: Real property tax; exemption surviving spouses of members of armed forces who died in line of duty.

Legislative Summary

Real property tax exemption; surviving spouses of members of the armed forces who died in the line of duty. Authorizes localities by ordinance to provide a total exemption from real property taxes regardless of assessed value beginning in taxable year 2025. Under current law, a total exemption is only allowed for those dwellings in the locality with assessed values in the most recently ended tax year that are not in excess of the average assessed value for such year of a dwelling situated on property that is zoned as single family residential.

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Bill History

1/5/2025
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102345D
Senate
1/5/2025
Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
Senate
1/21/2025
Impact statement from TAX (SB900)
Senate
2/5/2025
Left in Finance and Appropriations
Senate

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(1/5/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Finance and Appropriations(Senate)

Sponsors

Republican: 2

Primary Sponsor

Bill DeSteph
Bill DeSteph
Republican

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text1/5/202510.3 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis1/20/202525.3 KB