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Bill	Land preservation tax credits; withholding tax of nonresident owners.	Provides that the two percent transfer fee for land preservation tax credits shall not apply to a distribution of credits to a nonresident owner of a pass-through entity when such credits are applied by the pass-through entity to the withholding tax of the nonresident owner.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 1286	Virginia SB 1286 (2017)	bill	Conservation Taxation	enacted	Mark D. Obenshain	4	19	7	2017-01-10	2017-03-24	openstates	ocd-bill/efe78ce2-37a9-41ea-82aa-95850c8d24da	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1286	695989c6c58248163c260a9929389d99f7b8490bf984ab51e3bf7044bce8a3a1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1286 (2017) — Land preservation tax credits; withholding tax of nonresident owners.

Provides that the two percent transfer fee for land preservation tax credits shall not apply to a distribution of credits to a nonresident owner of a pass-through entity when such credits are applied by the pass-through entity to the withholding tax of the nonresident owner.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0725) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1286ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104894D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102244D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Finance with substitute — 16–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Finance — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 10–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Mark D. Obenshain — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102244D introduction
• 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2017-02-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-03 Reading of substitute waived
• 2017-02-03 Committee substitute agreed to 17104894D-S1
• 2017-02-03 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1286S1
• 2017-02-08 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-08 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2017-02-08 Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2017-02-14 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-15 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-15 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2017-02-17 Enrolled
• 2017-02-17 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-20 Signed by President
• 2017-02-21 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
• 2017-02-21 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 725 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/efe78ce2-37a9-41ea-82aa-95850c8d24da. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).