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2025 Session

Budget Amendments - HB1600 (Member Request)

Chief Patron: Krizek
Amend Definitions in Code Related to Deceased First Responders to Be Consistent with Constitution (language only)

Item 3-5.25 #2h

Item 3-5.25 #2h

Adjustments and Modifications to Tax Collections
Modification to Local Property Tax Exemption

Language

Page 665, after line 4, insert:

"Notwithstanding  § 58.1-3219.13, Code of Virginia, for the purpose of Article 2, Chapter 32, Title 58.1 of the Code of Virginia, "Covered Person" means any person set forth in the definition of "deceased person" in § 9.1-400 whose beneficiary, as defined in § 9.1-400, is entitled to receive benefits under § 9.1-402, if the deceased law enforcement officer was a member of the U.S. Capitol Police or District of Columbia Police Department who was actively involved in the police response to the Insurrection that occurred on January 6, 2021."



Explanation

(This amendment clarifies that for the purposes of local property tax exemptions for survivors of first responders the first responder did not have to be employed by an agency within the Commonwealth.)