---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transient occupancy tax; administration."
description: "Transient occupancy tax; administration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1442"
citation: "Virginia HB 1442 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McNamara"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-12-20"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13100f7d-f2d8-4f3e-8736-1f318caabab8"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1442"
source_hash: "7c94caa6b9762fd163395e0aa6eecfb2b1b0b5d8d355bca1b7f5dbf545444b2f"
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 1442 (2023) — Transient occupancy tax; administration.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0410** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0410)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23104573D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1442H1)
3. **HB1442ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1442ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102584D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1442)

## Votes

- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- McNamara — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-20** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102584D `filing, introduction`
- **2022-12-20** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-14** Impact statement from TAX (HB1442)
- **2023-01-16** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-01-18** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-18** Reported from Finance with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-18** Committee substitute printed 23104573D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-20** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-23** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-23** Committee substitute agreed to 23104573D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-23** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1442H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-24** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-24** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-24** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-01-25** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-01-25** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Impact statement from TAX (HB1442H1)
- **2023-02-08** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-10** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-10** Reading of amendment waived
- **2023-02-10** Amendment by Senator Barker agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-10** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2023-02-10** Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-14** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-14** Senate amendment agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-14** VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-20** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1442ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Impact statement from TAX (HB1442ER)
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 410 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0410)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13100f7d-f2d8-4f3e-8736-1f318caabab8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).