# Virginia HB474: Real estate with delinquent taxes or liens; apptmt. of special commissioner, increases value.

Virginia HB474, Real estate with delinquent taxes or liens; apptmt. of special commissioner, increases value., is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Sam Rasoul (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-04-06 (Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0151)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-12).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB474-2026
- As of: 2026-10-12
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Virginia HB474
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2026 Regular Session
- Title: Real estate with delinquent taxes or liens; apptmt. of special commissioner, increases value.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-12
- Last action: 2026-04-06, Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0151)
- Sponsor: Sam Rasoul (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 7 (220 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

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.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- More tax-delinquent properties qualify for direct transfer: mixed, medium. Virginia raises the assessed-value ceiling from $75,000 to $125,000 for transferring qualifying properties without a public auction. The property must already be in the applicable court sale process. It must have overdue real-estate taxes or a local government lien for building removal, repairs, se…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Sam Rasoul (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-02-27 | Senate | Passed Senate Block Vote | pass | 37 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-26 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) | pass | 40 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-26 | Senate | Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) | pass | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-25 | Senate | Reported from Finance and Appropriations | pass | 14 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-03 | House | Read third time and passed House | pass | 97 | 0 |   |
| 2026-01-28 | House | Reported from Finance with amendment(s) | pass | 22 | 0 |   |
| 2026-01-27 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) | pass | 10 | 0 |   |

## Actions (30)

- 2026-04-06: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0151) (Governor)
- 2026-04-06: Approved by Governor-Chapter 151 (effective 7/1/2026) (Governor)
- 2026-03-10: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 (Governor)
- 2026-03-10: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 (House)
- 2026-03-06: Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (3/6/2026 11:18 am) (House)
- 2026-03-04: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB474ER) (House)
- 2026-03-04: Enrolled (House)
- 2026-03-04: Signed by President (Senate)
- 2026-03-04: Signed by Speaker (House)
- 2026-02-27: Passed Senate Block Vote (37-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate)
- 2026-02-27: Read third time (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Rules suspended (Senate)
- 2026-02-25: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2026-02-17: Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (2/17/2026 3:41 pm) (House)
- 2026-02-04: Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations (Senate)
- 2026-02-04: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (Senate)
- 2026-02-03: Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) (House)
- 2026-02-02: Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar (House)
- 2026-02-02: Engrossed by House as amended (House)
- 2026-02-02: committee amendments agreed to (House)
- 2026-02-02: Read second time (House)
- 2026-01-30: Read first time (House)
- 2026-01-28: Reported from Finance with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2026-01-28: House subcommittee offered (House)
- 2026-01-27: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2026-01-23: Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (1/23/2026 6:51 pm) (House)
- 2026-01-12: Referred to Committee on Finance (House)
- 2026-01-12: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103357D (House)

## Bill text

- Chaptered, 2026-04-06: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216722.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216721.PDF)
- Enrolled, 2026-03-04: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1191190.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1191189.PDF)
- Engrossed, 2026-02-02: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1101006.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1101005.PDF)
- Amendment, 2026-01-29: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1100725.HTML), [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1100753.HTML)
- Amendment, 2026-01-28: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1098892.HTML)
- Introduced, 2026-01-12: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1084602.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1084601.PDF)

## Related bills

- HB5: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties. (signed)
- SB199: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties. (signed)
- HB95: Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement. (signed)
- HB1393: Electric utilities; pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for certain individuals. (signed)
- HB834: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fire or casualty damage, termination by landlord. (signed)
- HB675: Protection of employees; coercion or threat based on immigration status, civil penalty. (signed)

## Sources
- [Chaptered (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216722.HTML)
- [Chaptered (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216721.PDF)
- [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1191190.HTML)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1191189.PDF)
- [Engrossed (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1101006.HTML)
- [Engrossed (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1101005.PDF)
- [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1100725.HTML)
- [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1100753.HTML)
- [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1098892.HTML)
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1084602.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1084601.PDF)

## Related
- [HB5: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB5-2026)
- [SB199: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB199-2026)
- [HB95: Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB95-2026)
- [HB1393: Electric utilities; pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1393-2026)
- [HB834: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fire or casualty damage, terminat…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB834-2026)
- [HB675: Protection of employees; coercion or threat based on immigration status, civil…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB675-2026)
- [Virginia bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia/bills)
- [Virginia state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia)
- [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB474-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).