---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motion picture production tax credit."
description: "Extends the sunset date of the motion picture production tax credit from January 1, 2019, to January 1, 2022. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 982"
citation: "Virginia SB 982 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Arts and Humanities", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William M. Stanley, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-03"
last_action: "2017-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c104c596-6322-472d-be31-6b602f8646c4"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB982"
source_hash: "70052eead6665faba8030c923004e58360bd18c7ce697c084664498f49593390"
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 982 (2017) — Motion picture production tax credit.

Extends the sunset date of the motion picture production tax credit from January 1, 2019, to January 1, 2022. This bill is identical to

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0425)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0425)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB982ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB982ER)
3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102135D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB982)

## Votes

- Reported from Finance — **16–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **32–8** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Finance — **20–1** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House — **83–15** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- William M. Stanley, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102135D `introduction`
- **2017-01-03** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-06** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-15** Passed House (83-Y 15-N 1-A) `passage`
- **2017-02-17** Enrolled
- **2017-02-17** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-20** Signed by President
- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 425 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c104c596-6322-472d-be31-6b602f8646c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).