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type: "Bill"
title: "Admissions tax; Washington County to impose on multi-sports complex and entertainment venue."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1320"
citation: "Virginia SB 1320 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Sporting Exhibitions", "Events and Facilities", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles W. Carrico, Sr."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f572df4-93f2-4c80-b7ec-f0235e03f26e"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1320"
source_hash: "e2837ddad46e39971858386df932aae7feee665607ee2e9c9828bcb0b85448e5"
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 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](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0450)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1320ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1320ER)
3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101388D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1320)
4. **Senate: Printed as engrossed 17101388D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1320E)
## Votes
- Engrossment reconsidered by Senate — **390** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Finance — **151** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Finance — **184** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **81** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House — **8015** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed Senate — **2713** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f572df4-93f2-4c80-b7ec-f0235e03f26e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).