VA HB 474
enactedReal estate with delinquent taxes or liens; apptmt. of special commissioner, increases value.
Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did VA HB 474 pass?
Yes. VA HB 474 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-04-06): Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0151)
What is VA HB 474 about?
Real estate with delinquent taxes or liens; appointment of special commissioner; increases required value. Increases from $75,000 to $125,000 the maximum assessment that an individual parcel of land may be valued at to be subject to a locality's appointment of a special commissioner to convey property with delinquent taxes or liens to the locality, to the locality's land bank entity, or to an existing nonprofit entity designated by the locality to carry out the functions of a land bank entity in lieu of sale at public auction. The bill contains technical amendments.
Who sponsors VA HB 474?
Sam Rasoul is the primary sponsor of VA HB 474.
Description
Real estate with delinquent taxes or liens; appointment of special commissioner; increases required value. Increases from $75,000 to $125,000 the maximum assessment that an individual parcel of land may be valued at to be subject to a locality's appointment of a special commissioner to convey property with delinquent taxes or liens to the locality, to the locality's land bank entity, or to an existing nonprofit entity designated by the locality to carry out the functions of a land bank entity in lieu of sale at public auction. The bill contains technical amendments.
- Introduced
- 2026-01-12
- Latest action
- 2026-04-06 — Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0151)
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Sam Rasoulprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-04-06
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0151)
2026-04-06
Approved by Governor-Chapter 151 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature
2026-03-10
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt
2026-03-10
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
enrolled,executive-receipt
2026-03-06
Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (3/6/2026 11:18 am)
2026-03-04
Signed by President
passage
2026-03-04
Signed by Speaker
passage
2026-03-04
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB474ER)
passage
2026-03-04
Enrolled
enrolled
2026-02-27
Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage
2026-02-27
Read third time
reading-3
2026-02-26
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
2026-02-26
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
2026-02-26
Rules suspended
2026-02-25
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage
2026-02-17
Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (2/17/2026 3:41 pm)
2026-02-04
Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee
2026-02-04
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
2026-02-03
Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage,reading-3
2026-02-02
Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
2026-02-02
Engrossed by House as amended
2026-02-02
committee amendments agreed to
amendment-passage
2026-02-02
Read second time
reading-2
2026-01-30
Read first time
reading-1
2026-01-28
Reported from Finance with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage
2026-01-28
House subcommittee offered
2026-01-27
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
2026-01-23
Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (1/23/2026 6:51 pm)
2026-01-12
Referred to Committee on Finance
referral-committee
2026-01-12
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103357D
filing,introduction
Versions
Documents
Votes
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s)
2026-01-27 · pass · 10-0
Member-level votes (10)
- Bonita G. Anthony: yes
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker: yes
- Karen Keys-Gamarra: yes
- Nicole Cole: yes
- Stacey Annie Carroll: yes
- Lindsey Dougherty: yes
- Margaret A. Franklin: yes
- R. Lee Ware: yes
- Wendell S. Walker: yes
- Thomas A. Garrett, Jr.: yes
Reported from Finance with amendment(s)
2026-01-28 · pass · 22-0
Member-level votes (22)
- Vivian E. Watts: yes
- Phil M. Hernandez: yes
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr.: yes
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker: yes
- Bonita G. Anthony: yes
- Katrina Callsen: yes
- Debra D. Gardner: yes
- Karen Keys-Gamarra: yes
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado: yes
- Kimberly Pope Adams: yes
- Nicole Cole: yes
- Stacey Annie Carroll: yes
- Lindsey Dougherty: yes
- Margaret A. Franklin: yes
- Gretchen M. Bulova: yes
- R. Lee Ware: yes
- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr.: yes
- Joseph P. McNamara: yes
- Wendell S. Walker: yes
- Chris S. Runion: yes
- Thomas A. Garrett, Jr.: yes
- Will Davis: yes
H VOTE:
2026-02-03 · pass · 97-0
Member-level votes (100)
- Jessica L. Anderson: yes
- Bonita G. Anthony: yes
- Alex Q. Askew: not voting
- Terry L. Austin: yes
- Jason S. Ballard: yes
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker: yes
- Robert S. Bloxom, Jr.: yes
- Gretchen M. Bulova: yes
- Katrina Callsen: yes
- Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie: yes
- Betsy B. Carr: yes
- Stacey Annie Carroll: yes
- Mike A. Cherry: yes
- Nadarius E. Clark: yes
- Laura Jane Cohen: yes
- Joshua G. Cole: yes
- Nicole Cole: yes
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler: yes
- Mitchell Cornett: yes
- Rae Cousins: yes
- Will Davis: yes
- Karrie K. Delaney: yes
- Lindsey Dougherty: yes
- Mark C. Downey: yes
- Michael B. Feggans: yes
- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr.: yes
- Lily V. Franklin: yes
- Margaret A. Franklin: yes
- Debra D. Gardner: yes
- Thomas A. Garrett, Jr.: yes
- Jackie H. Glass: yes
- Timothy P. Griffin: yes
- Elizabeth R. Guzman: yes
- Karen Hamilton: yes
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr.: yes
- Dan I. Helmer: yes
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr.: yes
- Phil M. Hernandez: yes
- Charniele L. Herring: yes
- M. Keith Hodges: yes
- Patrick A. Hope: yes
- Hillary Pugh Kent: yes
- Karen Keys-Gamarra: not voting
- Terry G. Kilgore: yes
- Barry D. Knight: not voting
- Paul E. Krizek: yes
- Amy J. Laufer: yes
- James A. "Jay" Leftwich: yes
- Destiny LeVere Bolling: yes
- Alfonso H. Lopez: yes
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado: yes
- Marty Martinez: yes
- John Chilton McAuliff: yes
- Adele Y. McClure: yes
- Garrett McGuire: yes
- Ellen H. McLaughlin: yes
- Joseph P. McNamara: yes
- Delores L. McQuinn: yes
- Leslie Chambers Mehta: yes
- James W. Morefield: yes
- May Nivar: yes
- Delores Oates: yes
- Israel D. O'Quinn: yes
- Justin Pence: yes
- Eric Phillips: yes
- Kimberly Pope Adams: yes
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price: yes
- Sam Rasoul: yes
- Atoosa R. Reaser: yes
- David A. Reid: yes
- Chris S. Runion: yes
- Charlie Schmidt: yes
- Don Scott: yes
- Phillip A. Scott: yes
- Holly M. Seibold: yes
- Briana D. Sewell: yes
- Irene Shin: yes
- Marcus B. Simon: yes
- Shelly A. Simonds: yes
- JJ Singh: yes
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr.: yes
- Anne Ferrell Tata: yes
- Joshua E. Thomas: yes
- Virgil Thornton: yes
- Luke E. Torian: yes
- Kathy K.L. Tran: yes
- H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr.: yes
- Wendell S. Walker: yes
- Jeion A. Ward: yes
- R. Lee Ware: yes
- Vivian E. Watts: yes
- Michael J. Webert: yes
- Madison Whittle: yes
- Bill Wiley: yes
- Rodney T. Willett: yes
- Wren M. Williams: yes
- Tony O. Wilt: yes
- Thomas C. Wright, Jr.: yes
- Scott A. Wyatt: yes
- Eric R. Zehr: yes
Reported from Finance and Appropriations
2026-02-25 · pass · 14-0
Member-level votes (15)
- L. Louise Lucas: yes
- R. Creigh Deeds: yes
- Mamie E. Locke: yes
- Ryan T. McDougle: yes
- Mark D. Obenshain: yes
- Richard H. Stuart: yes
- Bryce E. Reeves: not voting
- Barbara A. Favola: yes
- Scott A. Surovell: yes
- Jeremy S. McPike: yes
- Jennifer B. Boysko: yes
- Todd E. Pillion: yes
- Aaron R. Rouse: yes
- Lamont Bagby: yes
- Lashrecse D. Aird: yes
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)
2026-02-26 · pass · 40-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Lashrecse D. Aird: yes
- Lamont Bagby: yes
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker: yes
- Jennifer B. Boysko: yes
- Jennifer D. Carroll Foy: yes
- Luther Cifers, III: yes
- Christie New Craig: yes
- R. Creigh Deeds: yes
- Bill DeSteph: yes
- J.D. "Danny" Diggs: yes
- Tara A. Durant: yes
- Barbara A. Favola: yes
- Timmy French: yes
- T. Travis Hackworth: yes
- Christopher T. Head: yes
- Michael J. Jones: yes
- Emily M. Jordan: yes
- Mamie E. Locke: yes
- L. Louise Lucas: yes
- David W. Marsden: yes
- Ryan T. McDougle: yes
- Jeremy S. McPike: yes
- Tammy Brankley Mulchi: yes
- Mark D. Obenshain: yes
- Mark J. Peake: yes
- Stella G. Pekarsky: yes
- Russet Perry: yes
- Todd E. Pillion: yes
- Bryce E. Reeves: yes
- Danica A. Roem: yes
- Aaron R. Rouse: yes
- Saddam Azlan Salim: yes
- Kannan Srinivasan: yes
- William M. Stanley, Jr.: yes
- Richard H. Stuart: yes
- Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr.: yes
- David R. Suetterlein: yes
- Scott A. Surovell: yes
- Schuyler T. VanValkenburg: yes
- Angelia Williams Graves: yes
Passage R
2026-02-27 · pass · 37-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Lashrecse D. Aird: yes
- Lamont Bagby: yes
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker: yes
- Jennifer B. Boysko: yes
- Jennifer D. Carroll Foy: yes
- Luther Cifers, III: yes
- Christie New Craig: yes
- R. Creigh Deeds: yes
- Bill DeSteph: yes
- J.D. "Danny" Diggs: yes
- Tara A. Durant: not voting
- Barbara A. Favola: yes
- Timmy French: yes
- T. Travis Hackworth: yes
- Christopher T. Head: yes
- Michael J. Jones: yes
- Emily M. Jordan: yes
- Mamie E. Locke: yes
- L. Louise Lucas: yes
- David W. Marsden: yes
- Ryan T. McDougle: yes
- Jeremy S. McPike: yes
- Tammy Brankley Mulchi: yes
- Mark D. Obenshain: yes
- Mark J. Peake: yes
- Stella G. Pekarsky: not voting
- Russet Perry: yes
- Todd E. Pillion: yes
- Bryce E. Reeves: yes
- Danica A. Roem: not voting
- Aaron R. Rouse: yes
- Saddam Azlan Salim: yes
- Kannan Srinivasan: yes
- William M. Stanley, Jr.: yes
- Richard H. Stuart: yes
- Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr.: yes
- David R. Suetterlein: yes
- Scott A. Surovell: yes
- Schuyler T. VanValkenburg: yes
- Angelia Williams Graves: yes
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