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type: "Bill"
title: "Worker retraining and telework expenses; extends sunset date for tax credits."
description: "Extends from taxable years prior to January 1, 2018, to taxable years prior to January 1, 2022, the sunset date for the worker retraining tax credit and transfers the certification of eligible worker retraining programs from the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity to the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority. The bill also extends from taxable years prior to January 1, 2017, to taxable years prior to January 1, 2022, the sunset date for the telework expenses tax credit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1576"
citation: "Virginia SB 1576 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Authorities", "Study Commissions", "Committees and Reports", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emmett W. Hanger, Jr."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2017-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/caf567de-139f-4f5f-a770-53754ab48702"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1576"
source_hash: "fed563a89aa7acfa0b38b3f8486df4f6bf9c45e7636e3abe1b56a57380dc4908"
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 1576 (2017) — Worker retraining and telework expenses; extends sunset date for tax credits.
Extends from taxable years prior to January 1, 2018, to taxable years prior to January 1, 2022, the sunset date for the worker retraining tax credit and transfers the certification of eligible worker retraining programs from the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity to the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority. The bill also extends from taxable years prior to January 1, 2017, to taxable years prior to January 1, 2022, the sunset date for the telework expenses tax credit.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0454)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0454)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1576ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1576ER)
3. **Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17104166D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1576)
4. **Senate: Printed as engrossed 17104166D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1576E)
## Votes
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **990** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Finance — **220** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Finance with amendments — **160** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **400** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 17104166D `introduction`
- **2017-01-20** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-03** Reading of amendments waived
- **2017-02-03** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2017-02-03** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1576E
- **2017-02-03** Printed as engrossed 17104166D-E
- **2017-02-08** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** 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
- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 454 (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/caf567de-139f-4f5f-a770-53754ab48702`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).