---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sales tax revenues; entertainment arena."
description: "Sales tax revenues; entertainment arena."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1258"
citation: "Virginia SB 1258 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lucas"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 49
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47f74192-dc73-4d44-9071-0e571a896dba"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1258"
source_hash: "f63fd50ff54b72866bff9e8d7cf3b6007a5efe76c8f6a1cb5c85b9e9c5dc1fe9"
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 1258 (2023) — Sales tax revenues; entertainment arena.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0737** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0737)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102896D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1258)
3. **Printed as engrossed 23102896D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1258E)
4. **SB1258ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1258ER)

## Votes

- VOTE: Passage (75-Y 21-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- House amendment rejected by Senate (6-Y 34-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (31-Y 9-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (66-Y 29-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (28-Y 10-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- House amendment agreed to by Senate (36-Y 4-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reconsideration of House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lucas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102896D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-21** Impact statement from TAX (SB1258)
- **2023-02-01** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-01** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** Reading of amendment waived
- **2023-02-03** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1258E
- **2023-02-03** Printed as engrossed 23102896D-E
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-03** Passed Senate (28-Y 10-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Impact statement from TAX (SB1258E)
- **2023-02-10** Assigned App. sub: Compensation and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2023-02-15** Passed House with amendment (75-Y 21-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-15** VOTE: Passage (75-Y 21-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-15** House amendment agreed to by Senate (36-Y 4-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Reconsideration of House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-15** House amendment rejected by Senate (6-Y 34-N) `amendment-failure`
- **2023-02-15** House insisted on amendment
- **2023-02-15** House requested conference committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-15** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2023-02-15** Senators: Lucas, Cosgrove, Rouse
- **2023-02-15** Conferees appointed by House
- **2023-02-15** Delegates: Williams Graves, Knight, Austin
- **2023-02-23** Amended by conference committee
- **2023-02-24** Conference report agreed to by Senate (31-Y 9-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** Conference report agreed to by House (66-Y 29-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** VOTE: Adoption (66-Y 29-N)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1258ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Impact statement from TAX (SB1258ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 737 (effective - see bill) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-27** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0737)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47f74192-dc73-4d44-9071-0e571a896dba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).