Virginia House Joint Resolution 96 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 10-2)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-15 - Left in Privileges and Elections
Pending: House Privileges and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Constitutional amendment (first reference); real property tax; exemption for certain surviving spouses of members of the armed forces. Authorizes the General Assembly to exempt from tax the real property of a surviving spouse of a member of the armed forces who died in the line of duty while performing official military activities. The amendment provides that such exemption is only available when the death of such member of the armed forces did not result from criminal conduct. The current Constitution exempts the real property of a surviving spouse of a member of the armed forces who was killed in action, a disabled veteran, and the surviving spouse of a disabled veteran.

Constitutional amendment; real prop. tax exemption for certain spouses of members of armed forces.

Del. Scott Wyatt [R]	Del. Jason Ballard [R]	Del. Jeffrey Campbell [R]	Del. Ronnie Campbell [R]
Sen. Tara Durant [R]	Del. Clinton Jenkins [D]	Del. Dave LaRock [R]	Del. Kathleen Murphy [D]
Del. Chris Runion [R]	Del. Kim Taylor [R]	Del. Bill Wiley [R]	Del. Thomas Wright [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-15	House	Left in Privileges and Elections
2022-01-13	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2022-01-13	House	Presented and ordered printed 22103608D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HJ96
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HJ96+hil