---
type: "Bill"
title: "Income tax, state; modification for certain companies, grants, Page County."
description: "Adds Page County to the list of qualified localities in which a company may invest to become eligible for income tax modification. Under current law, a company is eligible for such modification if, among other things, it either (i) invests at least $5 million in new capital investment in a qualified locality and creates at least 10 jobs paying at least 150 percent of the minimum wage in a qualified locality or (ii) creates at least 50 jobs paying at least 150 percent of the minimum wage in a qualified locality. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2776"
citation: "Virginia HB 2776 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Income Tax", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Todd Gilbert"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8b4bb88-3f92-4cfc-98b4-eb759e94a7ed"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2776"
source_hash: "230daa2c84489fbe636d7d0386752ec873dd28cd8ec1f8b9f4bf4dbe81410a74"
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 2776 (2019) — Income tax, state; modification for certain companies, grants, Page County.

Adds Page County to the list of qualified localities in which a company may invest to become eligible for income tax modification. Under current law, a company is eligible for such modification if, among other things, it either (i) invests at least $5 million in new capital investment in a qualified locality and creates at least 10 jobs paying at least 150 percent of the minimum wage in a qualified locality or (ii) creates at least 50 jobs paying at least 150 percent of the minimum wage in a qualified locality. 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 (CHAP0262)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0262)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2776ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2776ER)
3. **House: Presented and ordered printed 19104907D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2776)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House — **90–8** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance — **18–2** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance — **12–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Todd Gilbert — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** Presented and ordered printed 19104907D `introduction`
- **2019-01-18** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-22** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-05** Read third time and passed House (90-Y 8-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-15** Enrolled
- **2019-02-15** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-15** Signed by President
- **2019-02-19** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 19, 2019
- **2019-02-19** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 262 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8b4bb88-3f92-4cfc-98b4-eb759e94a7ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).