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HB4529Introduced in the House of Delegates

Relating to requiring local governments to provide matching funds for grants from the Reclamation of Abandoned and Dilapidated Properties Program

IntroducedHouse Local Governments

Introduced by Gary Howell, District 87

What does this bill do?

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Official description

The purpose of this bill is to require local governments to provide matching funds for grants from the Reclamation of Abandoned and Dilapidated Properties Program unless demonstrated to be fiscally unable; and to require that fines assessed by local governments related to abandoned and dilapidated property be committed to the matching of Reclamation of Abandoned and Dilapidated Properties Program grants or to the demolition of condemned properties.

Where it stands

To House Local Governments

January 20, 2026

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Bill history

  1. Filed for introduction

  2. To Government Organization then Finance

  3. Introduced in House

  4. To House Government Organization

  5. To House Local Governments

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