---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bank franchise tax; electronic access to banks for real estate assessment records, etc."
description: "Bank franchise tax; electronic access to banks for real estate assessment records, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1896"
citation: "Virginia HB 1896 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Byron"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d228356a-e8ae-4234-b1ed-7e0d5a253f6b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1896"
source_hash: "30461396bae6660b27f69859e25b2ff3a3a31e79a113e61c6755d272a5eb3ce9"
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 1896 (2023) — Bank franchise tax; electronic access to banks for real estate assessment records, etc.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0050** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0050)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105697D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1896H1)
3. **HB1896ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1896ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104007D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1896)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Finance with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Byron — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104007D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20** Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB1896)
- **2023-01-29** Impact statement from TAX (HB1896)
- **2023-01-30** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-01** Reported from Finance with substitute (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01** Committee substitute printed 23105697D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 23105697D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1896H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Impact statement from TAX (HB1896H1)
- **2023-02-14** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-20** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1896ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Signed by President `passage`
- **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`
- **2023-03-02** Impact statement from TAX (HB1896ER)
- **2023-03-17** Approved by Governor-Chapter 50 (effective 1/1/25) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-17** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0050)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d228356a-e8ae-4234-b1ed-7e0d5a253f6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).