---
type: "Bill"
title: "Admissions tax; Washington County authorized to impose."
description: "Clarifies that Washington County is authorized to impose an admissions tax to either a multi-sports complex or an entertainment venue, or both, subject to certain requirements. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1553"
citation: "Virginia HB 1553 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Todd E. Pillion"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-19"
last_action: "2018-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21dc8140-63bd-438a-8ce7-251a1e740e7e"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB1553"
source_hash: "7062e540418842365d723358e43026dbd5e6a23426065d50e8690c386f8b71b8"
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 HB 1553 (2018) — Admissions tax; Washington County authorized to impose.

Clarifies that Washington County is authorized to impose an admissions tax to either a multi-sports complex or an entertainment venue, or both, subject to certain requirements. This bill is identical to

## Version chain

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

1. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1553ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1553ER)
2. **House: Presented and ordered printed 18104068D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1553)

## Votes

- Reported from Finance — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **34–6** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House — **86–13** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Finance — **20–1** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Todd E. Pillion — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-19** Presented and ordered printed 18104068D `introduction`
- **2018-01-19** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-12** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-13** Read third time and passed House (86-Y 13-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2018-02-14** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-26** Enrolled
- **2018-02-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2018-02-28** Signed by President
- **2018-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2018
- **2018-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 9, 2018
- **2018-03-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 287 (effective 7/1/18) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21dc8140-63bd-438a-8ce7-251a1e740e7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).