# Virginia HB175: Real property; tax exemption, surviving spouses of members of Armed Forces who died in line of duty.

Virginia HB175, Real property; tax exemption, surviving spouses of members of Armed Forces who died in line of duty., is a 2027 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Michael B. Feggans (Democratic); status passed house, last action 2026-07-21 (Continued from last session) (as of 2026-10-13).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB175-2027
- As of: 2026-10-13
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Virginia HB175
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2027 Regular Session
- Title: Real property; tax exemption, surviving spouses of members of Armed Forces who died in line of duty.
- Status: passed house
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-06
- Last action: 2026-07-21, Continued from last session
- Sponsor: Michael B. Feggans (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Finance and Appropriations
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

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.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Michael B. Feggans (Democratic), House

## Actions (13)

- 2026-07-21: Continued from last session (Senate)
- 2026-03-03: Continued to 2027 in Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 2-N) (Senate)
- 2026-01-28: Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations (Senate)
- 2026-01-28: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (Senate)
- 2026-01-27: Read third time and passed House Block Vote (99-Y 0-N 0-A) (House)
- 2026-01-26: Read second time and engrossed (House)
- 2026-01-23: Read first time (House)
- 2026-01-21: Reported from Finance (22-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2026-01-20: Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2026-01-17: Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (1/17/2026 11:56 am) (House)
- 2026-01-16: Assigned HFIN sub: Subcommittee #2 (House)
- 2026-01-06: Referred to Committee on Finance (House)
- 2026-01-06: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103056D (House)

## Bill text

- Introduced, 2026-01-06: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229839.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229838.PDF)

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## Sources
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229839.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229838.PDF)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB175-2027 (as of 2026-10-13).