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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.
Introduced
Jan 6, 2026
Last Action
Mar 3, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 7 co
Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 2-N)
Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A)
Read second time and engrossed
Read first time
Reported from Finance (22-Y 0-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (1/17/2026 11:56 am)
Assigned HFIN sub: Subcommittee #2
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103056D
Referred to Committee on Finance
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Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 2-N)
Michael B. Feggans
Phil M. Hernandez
Atoosa R. Reaser