Real property; tax exemption, surviving spouses of members of Armed Forces who died in line of duty.
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 2026 for surviving spouses of members of the Armed Forces who died in the line of duty. Under current law, a total exemption is only allowed for such surviving spouses 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.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Jan 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 6, 2026
Last action Mar 3, 2026
Floor votes · House of Delegates Jan 27, 2026
How they voted
87–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 88
Jan 27, 2026
D
Democratic53
100% Yea
R
Republican35
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Jan 28, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
upper
Jan 27, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A)
lower
Jan 21, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Finance (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 20, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 16, 2026
Committee
Assigned HFIN sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 6, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance
lower
1 primary · 7 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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