Virginia House Joint Resolution 497 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-07 - Left in Privileges and Elections
Pending: House Privileges and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Constitutional amendment (first reference); real property tax exemption; surviving spouses of certain members of the armed forces. Provides that the General Assembly may by general law exempt from taxation the real property of a surviving spouse of a member of the armed forces of the United States who died in the attack on the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. Under a current constitutional provision, only the surviving spouse of a member of the armed forces who was killed in action is eligible for the real property tax exemption.

Constitutional amdmt.; prop. tax exemption for surviving spouses of certain members of armed forces.

Del. David Reid [D]

Del. Irene Shin [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-07	House	Left in Privileges and Elections
2023-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2023-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100519D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HJ497
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HJ497+hil