---
type: "Bill"
title: "Business local; taxes, penalties."
description: "Business local; taxes, penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1685"
citation: "Virginia HB 1685 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greenhalgh"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/968e4cbe-0499-4952-8250-2657d81db630"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1685"
source_hash: "1a4c33943319165ceeec768b6c3b640dcd33b8f11bb7ea0333515f1230094c3e"
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 1685 (2023) — Business local; taxes, penalties.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0014** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0014)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105427D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1685H1)
3. **HB1685ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1685ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100943D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1685)

## Votes

- VOTE: (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N 1-A) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Greenhalgh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100943D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-09** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB1685)
- **2023-01-21** Impact statement from TAX (HB1685)
- **2023-01-23** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-23** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-25** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-25** Reported from Finance with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-25** Committee substitute printed 23105427D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-30** Committee substitute agreed to 23105427D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-30** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1685H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-31** VOTE: (99-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06** Impact statement from TAX (HB1685H1)
- **2023-02-08** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-10** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-10** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-14** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-14** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1685ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-14** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-14** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Impact statement from TAX (HB1685ER)
- **2023-02-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 27, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 14 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-16** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0014)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/968e4cbe-0499-4952-8250-2657d81db630`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).