HB 175 Virginia House of Delegates · 2027 Regular Session

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 Jul 21, 2026
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This bill passed the House of Delegates. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
13
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

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