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Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 175: Real property; tax exemption, surviving spouses of members of Armed Forces who died in line of duty.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 175 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 6, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Real property; tax exemption, surviving spouses of members of Armed Forces who died in line of duty. Primary sponsor: Michael Feggans (Democratic). It lists 7 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 3, 2026): Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 2-N).

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Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 7 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Michael FeggansPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse97
Katrina CallsenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse54
Rae CousinsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse79
Tom GarrettCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse56
Phil HernandezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse94
Karen Keys-GamarraCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse7
Marty MartinezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse29
Atoosa ReaserCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse27

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 2-N)
  2. Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
  3. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  4. Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A)
  5. Read second time and engrossed
  6. Read first time
  7. Reported from Finance (22-Y 0-N)
  8. Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
  9. Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (1/17/2026 11:56 am)
  10. Assigned HFIN sub: Subcommittee #2
  11. Referred to Committee on Finance
  12. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103056D

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source