---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motion picture production; extends sunset date of 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: "HB 1665"
citation: "Virginia HB 1665 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Arts and Humanities", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roxann L. Robinson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-05"
last_action: "2017-02-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/592bb334-6fc4-49f2-b969-b1846f523bf7"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1665"
source_hash: "09ac493a312f30c9280f41c78abe9c4b9df3cf9c2d6f53aa1f0f2ffc1d61d8b7"
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 1665 (2017) — Motion picture production; extends sunset date of 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 (CHAP0108)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0108)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1665ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1665ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102003D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1665)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed House — **80–14** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Finance — **20–1** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **30–8** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Finance — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Roxann L. Robinson — primary (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102003D `introduction`
- **2017-01-05** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-17** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-02** Read third time and passed House (80-Y 14-N 1-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2017-02-03** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-10** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-14** Enrolled
- **2017-02-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-15** Signed by President
- **2017-02-15** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/15/17
- **2017-02-15** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2017
- **2017-02-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 108 (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/592bb334-6fc4-49f2-b969-b1846f523bf7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).