---
type: "Bill"
title: "License taxes, local; limitation of authority."
description: "Local license taxes; limitation of authority. Prohibits a locality from imposing a license tax on a director of a bank or trust company that is subject to the bank franchise tax. This bill is identical to SB 385."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1084"
citation: "Virginia HB 1084 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James A. \"Jay\" Leftwich"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af024187-bd65-4df4-8d6f-095db0d04918"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1084"
source_hash: "375e65f190ba88cc10af31d76255454f86ceade0b2221d129e64c3414de7e7a1"
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 1084 (2022) — License taxes, local; limitation of authority.

Local license taxes; limitation of authority. Prohibits a locality from imposing a license tax on a director of a bank or trust company that is subject to the bank franchise tax. This bill is identical to SB 385.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0659** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0659)
2. **HB1084ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1084ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102939D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1084)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N 1-A) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102939D `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Impact statement from TAX (HB1084)
- **2022-01-28** Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB1084)
- **2022-02-07** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-07** Reported from Finance (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-10** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-11** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 1-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-11** VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N 1-A)
- **2022-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-14** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-08** Enrolled
- **2022-03-08** Impact statement from TAX (HB1084ER)
- **2022-03-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-08** Signed by President
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 659 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af024187-bd65-4df4-8d6f-095db0d04918`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).