Real and personal property tax; exemption for religious bodies. (HB156)
Introduced By
Del. Randy Minchew (R-Leesburg) with support from co-patron Del. David Ramadan (R-South Riding)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Real property tax exemption for religious bodies. Clarifies the meaning of real property used exclusively for religious worship for determining the real property tax exemption for religious bodies. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Passed
History
Date | Action |
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12/20/2013 | Committee |
12/20/2013 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14102059D |
12/20/2013 | Referred to Committee on Finance |
01/16/2014 | Impact statement from TAX (HB156) |
01/17/2014 | Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1 |
01/22/2014 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 2-N) |
02/03/2014 | Reported from Finance with substitute (20-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/03/2014 | Committee substitute printed 14104707D-H1 |
02/04/2014 | Read first time |
02/05/2014 | Read second time |
02/05/2014 | Committee substitute agreed to 14104707D-H1 |
02/05/2014 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB156H1 |
02/06/2014 | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) |
02/06/2014 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/07/2014 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
02/07/2014 | Referred to Committee on Finance |
02/14/2014 | Impact statement from TAX (HB156H1) |
02/18/2014 | Reported from Finance with substitute (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/18/2014 | Committee substitute printed 14105057D-S1 |
02/19/2014 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
02/20/2014 | Read third time |
02/20/2014 | Reading of substitute waived |
02/20/2014 | Committee substitute agreed to 14105057D-S1 |
02/20/2014 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB156S1 |
02/20/2014 | Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) |
02/21/2014 | Placed on Calendar |
02/24/2014 | Senate substitute rejected by House 14105057D-S1 (1-Y 97-N 1-A) |
02/24/2014 | VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 97-N 1-A) (see vote tally) |
02/26/2014 | Passed by temporarily |
02/26/2014 | Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N) |
02/26/2014 | Senate requested conference committee |
02/27/2014 | House acceded to request |
02/28/2014 | Conferees appointed by Senate |
02/28/2014 | Senators: Black, Puckett, Vogel |
03/03/2014 | Conferees appointed by House |
03/03/2014 | Delegates: Minchew, Anderson, Carr |
03/06/2014 | C Amended by conference committee |
03/06/2014 | Conference substitute printed 14105574D-H2 |
03/06/2014 | Conference report agreed to by House (93-Y 2-N) |
03/06/2014 | VOTE: ADOPTION (93-Y 2-N) (see vote tally) |
03/07/2014 | Reconsideration of conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) |
03/07/2014 | Passed by temporarily |
03/07/2014 | Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) |
03/17/2014 | Enrolled |
03/17/2014 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB156ER) |
03/17/2014 | Signed by President |
03/18/2014 | Signed by Speaker |
03/28/2014 | Impact statement from TAX (HB156ER) |
04/04/2014 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 555 (effective 7/1/14) |
04/04/2014 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0555) |
Video
This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 2 clips in all, totaling 2 minutes.
Comments
Opposes
HB-156 permits fundraising activity that would compete with, and grant competitive advantage over nearby private sector commercial activity.
HB 156 tracks the Virginia Constitution better than the current law and will make it easier for tax assessors to figure out what church-owned land is taxable and what is not.
This is a growing problem.
See: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/prince-william-church-leaders-clash-with-the-county-over-tax-bills/2013/09/22/77e2e54e-2193-11e3-966c-9c4293c47ebe_story.html
This is a good bill.