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Bill 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 us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2017 SB 886 Virginia SB 886 (2017)
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Virginia SB 886 (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 (CHAP0443) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB886ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101045D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 990 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Finance — 160 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Finance — 220 (pass) · legislature
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Read third time and passed Senate — 390 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • A. Benton "Ben" Chafin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2016-12-20 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101045D introduction
  • 2016-12-20 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
  • 2017-01-26 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2017-01-31 Placed on Calendar
  • 2017-01-31 Read first time reading-1
  • 2017-01-31 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 443 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5d0de27c-7aec-4932-9c8e-dbf9c754b1a7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).