---
type: "Bill"
title: "Income tax, state; refunds for individuals or married persons filing a joint return."
description: "Income tax, state; refunds for individuals or married persons filing a joint return."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022S1"
identifier: "SB 579"
citation: "Virginia SB 579 (2022S1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hanger"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/740ccccb-3f6e-4e3b-97bd-ceb9929d0aa5"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+sum+SB579"
source_hash: "ee88e4fa160f2bb9c6d6f41e6a61e003033f7e115dd7c65663d264b639275bc4"
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 579 (2022S1) — Income tax, state; refunds for individuals or married persons filing a joint return.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+ful+CHAP0022)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22106101D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+ful+SB579S1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 22106930D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+ful+SB579H1)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100746D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+ful+SB579)
5. **SB579ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+ful+SB579ER)

## Votes

- VOTE: Adoption (89-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Finance with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- House substitute rejected by Senate (15-Y 25-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hanger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100746D `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-30** Impact statement from TAX (SB579)
- **2022-02-03** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-08** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-08** Committee substitute printed 22106101D-S1 `substitution`
- **2022-02-08** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10** Reading of substitute waived
- **2022-02-10** Committee substitute agreed to 22106101D-S1
- **2022-02-10** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB579S1
- **2022-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-10** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-20** Impact statement from TAX (SB579S1)
- **2022-02-21** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-21** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-21** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-23** Reported from Finance with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-23** Committee substitute printed 22106930D-H1 `substitution`
- **2022-02-25** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-28** Committee substitute agreed to 22106930D-H1
- **2022-02-28** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB579H1
- **2022-02-28** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-28** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-02** House substitute rejected by Senate (15-Y 25-N)
- **2022-03-03** House insisted on substitute
- **2022-03-03** House requested conference committee
- **2022-03-07** Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-07** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2022-03-09** Conferees appointed by House
- **2022-03-12** Continued to 2022 Sp. Sess. 1 pursuant to HJR455
- **2022-06-17** Amended by conference committee
- **2022-06-17** Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-06-17** Conference report agreed to by House (89-Y 0-N)
- **2022-06-17** VOTE: Adoption (89-Y 0-N)
- **2022-07-20** Enrolled
- **2022-07-20** Impact statement from TAX (SB579ER)
- **2022-07-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-07-21** Signed by President
- **2022-07-28** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on July 28, 2022
- **2022-07-28** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., August 4, 2022
- **2022-08-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 22 (effective on the 1st day of the 4th month following the month `executive-signature`
- **2022-08-04** of adjournment of the 2022 Special Session l)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/740ccccb-3f6e-4e3b-97bd-ceb9929d0aa5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).