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type: "Bill"
title: "Gas severance tax."
description: "Extends the sunset date from January 1, 2018, to January 1, 2020, for the local gas severance tax that is dedicated to (i) the local Coal and Gas Road Improvement Fund, (ii) the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Fund, and (iii) water, sewer, and natural gas systems and lines. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 2169"
citation: "Virginia HB 2169 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Authorities", "Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Taxation", "Water and Sewer Systems"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Todd E. Pillion"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2017-02-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f7cc040-3e9d-4398-9459-669701972222"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2169"
source_hash: "1a9ea40739a679b082e990555fe51084db801a910887181cc1f79713ad4bbc78"
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 2169 (2017) — Gas severance tax.
Extends the sunset date from January 1, 2018, to January 1, 2020, for the local gas severance tax that is dedicated to (i) the local Coal and Gas Road Improvement Fund, (ii) the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Fund, and (iii) water, sewer, and natural gas systems and lines. This bill is identical to
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0052)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0052)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2169ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2169ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101179D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2169)
## Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **100** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **390** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Finance — **220** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Finance — **150** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **990** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **400** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Todd E. Pillion — primary (person)
- Israel D. O'Quinn — cosponsor (person)
- Terry G. Kilgore — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101179D `introduction`
- **2017-01-11** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-17** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-01-25** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-26** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-13** Enrolled
- **2017-02-13** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-13** Signed by President
- **2017-02-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/14/17
- **2017-02-14** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2017
- **2017-02-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 52 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f7cc040-3e9d-4398-9459-669701972222`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).