---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transient occupancy tax; certain counties."
description: "Transient occupancy tax; certain counties.Adds Appomattox, Mathews, Middlesex, and New Kent Counties to thelist of counties that may impose a transient occupancy tax at a rate above two percent, but not to exceed five percent. The revenue attributableto a rate in excess of two percent shall be used solely for tourismand travel purposes. Current law allows all counties to impose atransient occupancy tax at a rate not to exceed two percent."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1262"
citation: "Virginia HB 1262 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Keith Hodges"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05b0e6d5-b162-48e8-97be-08cdeb85ca9e"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1262"
source_hash: "2f054c3215f49a06e13edd78ccbca26addeadbc93e06aa2018523e304a4de223"
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 1262 (2020) — Transient occupancy tax; certain counties.

Transient occupancy tax; certain counties.Adds Appomattox, Mathews, Middlesex, and New Kent Counties to thelist of counties that may impose a transient occupancy tax at a rate above two percent, but not to exceed five percent. The revenue attributableto a rate in excess of two percent shall be used solely for tourismand travel purposes. Current law allows all counties to impose atransient occupancy tax at a rate not to exceed two percent.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0330)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0330)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1262ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1262ER)
3. **Impact statement from TAX (HB1262)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1262)

## Votes

- VOTE: Passage (80-Y 18-N) — **79–18** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (32-Y 6-N) — **32–6** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 2-N) — **8–2** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance (18-Y 4-N) — **18–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- M. Keith Hodges — primary (person)
- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103023D `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15** Impact statement from TAX (HB1262)
- **2020-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 2-N)
- **2020-02-05** Reported from Finance (18-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-07** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-10** Read third time and passed House (80-Y 18-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-10** VOTE: Passage (80-Y 18-N)
- **2020-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-21** Passed Senate (32-Y 6-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-26** Enrolled
- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
- **2020-03-02** Impact statement from TAX (HB1262ER)
- **2020-03-05** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2020
- **2020-03-05** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Approved by Governor-Chapter 330 (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/05b0e6d5-b162-48e8-97be-08cdeb85ca9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).