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Virginia bills · 2026 Regular Session

Virginia HB 175

Real property; tax exemption, surviving spouses of members of Armed Forces who died in line of duty.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To Governor
  6. Became law

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Summary

Official abstract published by the Virginia legislature· SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED

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.

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Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 16, 2026, 12:24 AM.

DateVoteResultYour legislators
Mar 3, 2026
Senate		Continued to next session in Finance and AppropriationspassSet your home in Virginia to see
Jan 27, 2026
House		H VOTE:passSet your home in Virginia to see
Jan 21, 2026
House		Reported from FinancepassSet your home in Virginia to see
Jan 20, 2026
House		Subcommittee recommends reportingpassSet your home in Virginia to see

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