republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-982.md

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Bill	Motion picture production tax credit.	Extends the sunset date of the motion picture production tax credit from January 1, 2019, to January 1, 2022. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 982	Virginia SB 982 (2017)	bill	Arts and Humanities Taxation	enacted	William M. Stanley, Jr.	3	15	6	2017-01-03	2017-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/c104c596-6322-472d-be31-6b602f8646c4	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB982	70052eead6665faba8030c923004e58360bd18c7ce697c084664498f49593390	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 982 (2017) — Motion picture production tax credit.

Extends the sunset date of the motion picture production tax credit from January 1, 2019, to January 1, 2022. 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 (CHAP0425) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB982ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102135D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Finance — 16–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 32–8 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Finance — 20–1 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House — 83–15 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• William M. Stanley, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102135D introduction
• 2017-01-03 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2017-02-02 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-02-06 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-06 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-06 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 (83-Y 15-N 1-A) 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 425 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c104c596-6322-472d-be31-6b602f8646c4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).