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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Town taxes; collection by county."
+description: "Collection of town taxes by county. Authorizes the board of supervisors of any county that has adopted the urban county executive form of government to enter into agreements with towns located partially or wholly within such county for the collection and enforcement of real or personal property taxes by the county official responsible for assessment or collection of taxes. The authority granted to such counties is similar to authority granted to Loudoun County under existing law. This bill is identical to HB 1534."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 649"
+citation: "Virginia SB 649 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer B. Boysko"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-01-07"
+last_action: "2020-03-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dde09199-4b99-4f35-8d91-00df7d5dbd5d"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB649"
+source_hash: "7cd647ba8cdd6ef03918cf2248fece1cf7ac7235eb97957e5a6dee3b9f6e52ba"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia SB 649 (2020) — Town taxes; collection by county.
+
+Collection of town taxes by county. Authorizes the board of supervisors of any county that has adopted the urban county executive form of government to enter into agreements with towns located partially or wholly within such county for the collection and enforcement of real or personal property taxes by the county official responsible for assessment or collection of taxes. The authority granted to such counties is similar to authority granted to Loudoun County under existing law. This bill is identical to HB 1534.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0505)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0505)
+2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB649ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB649ER)
+3. **Impact statement from TAX (SB649)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB649)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jennifer B. Boysko — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105082D `introduction`
+- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-12** Impact statement from TAX (SB649)
+- **2020-01-13** Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-01-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-01-15** Passed by for the day
+- **2020-01-16** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2020-01-17** Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
+- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-13** Assigned CC & T sub: Land Use `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-02-21** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-25** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-26** Passed by temporarily
+- **2020-02-26** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2020-02-26** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-03-03** Enrolled
+- **2020-03-03** Signed by Speaker
+- **2020-03-04** Signed by President
+- **2020-03-04** Impact statement from TAX (SB649ER)
+- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
+- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
+- **2020-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 505 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dde09199-4b99-4f35-8d91-00df7d5dbd5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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