republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-1320.md

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Bill	Admissions tax; Washington County to impose on multi-sports complex and entertainment venue.	Authorizes Washington County to impose a tax on admissions to a multi-sports complex and entertainment venue that (i) is located on land that contains at least 250 acres and (ii) is in business on or before June 30, 2027. For purposes of the tax, "entertainment venue" does not include a movie theater. The tax shall not exceed 10 percent of the amount of charge for admission to any such venue. The bill expires on July 1, 2027, if no such venue is in business on or before June 30, 2027.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 1320	Virginia SB 1320 (2017)	bill	Counties Cities and Towns Sporting Exhibitions Events and Facilities Taxation	enacted	Charles W. Carrico, Sr.	4	22	7	2017-01-10	2017-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/7f572df4-93f2-4c80-b7ec-f0235e03f26e	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1320	e2837ddad46e39971858386df932aae7feee665607ee2e9c9828bcb0b85448e5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1320 (2017) — Admissions tax; Washington County to impose on multi-sports complex and entertainment venue.

Authorizes Washington County to impose a tax on admissions to a multi-sports complex and entertainment venue that (i) is located on land that contains at least 250 acres and (ii) is in business on or before June 30, 2027. For purposes of the tax, "entertainment venue" does not include a movie theater. The tax shall not exceed 10 percent of the amount of charge for admission to any such venue. The bill expires on July 1, 2027, if no such venue is in business on or before June 30, 2027.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0450) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1320ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101388D (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Printed as engrossed 17101388D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Engrossment reconsidered by Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Finance — 15–1 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Finance — 18–4 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 8–1 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House — 80–15 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 27–13 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Charles W. Carrico, Sr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101388D introduction
• 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2017-01-26 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-01-27 Passed by for the day
• 2017-01-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-30 Reading of amendment waived
• 2017-01-30 Amendment by Senator Carrico agreed to amendment-passage
• 2017-01-30 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1320E
• 2017-01-30 Printed as engrossed 17101388D-E
• 2017-02-03 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-03 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2017-02-03 Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2017-02-14 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-15 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-15 Passed House (80-Y 15-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
• 2017-03-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 450 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7f572df4-93f2-4c80-b7ec-f0235e03f26e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).