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type: "Bill"
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title: "Merchants' capital tax; classification."
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description: "Merchants' capital tax; classification."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "HB 119"
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citation: "Virginia HB 119 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Taxation", "Trade and Commerce"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Robert M. \"Bob\" Thomas, Jr."]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2017-12-15"
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last_action: "2018-02-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fabd93b2-533c-424d-b364-89b33618bab9"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB119"
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source_hash: "4c2f6f3d85ee31acf5942d46e2d1de648bec91fc14b046b8b22b2d74646e1f2f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 119 (2018) — Merchants' capital tax; classification.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0023)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0023)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB119ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB119ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101758D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB119)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Finance — **21–1** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House — **94–3** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Finance — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **9–1** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Robert M. "Bob" Thomas, Jr. — primary (person)
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- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-12-15** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101758D `introduction`
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- **2017-12-15** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-23** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-01** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-02** Read third time and passed House (94-Y 3-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2018-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2018-02-05** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-19** Enrolled
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- **2018-02-19** Signed by Speaker
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- **2018-02-21** Signed by President
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- **2018-02-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/22/18
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- **2018-02-22** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 1, 2018
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- **2018-02-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 23 (effective 7/1/18) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fabd93b2-533c-424d-b364-89b33618bab9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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