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type: "Bill"
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title: "Secrecy of tax information; local officials to disclose information to non-governmental entities."
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description: "Authorizes local commissioners of the revenue, treasurers, directors of finance, or other similar local officials to disclose tax information to nongovernmental entities with which their locality has contracted to provide services that assist it in the administration of refund processing or other non-audit services related to the administration of taxes. The bill prohibits such third-party contractors from disclosing the tax information to other parties."
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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 495"
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citation: "Virginia HB 495 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Taxation"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["M. Keith Hodges"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2018-01-08"
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last_action: "2018-02-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d3ae84d-6973-4d1f-86aa-adfbb9ad5f99"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB495"
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source_hash: "ce5facfc0bf013ec5cc120022ea906f7ca78dd9e79e27550cd885c91635557b1"
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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 495 (2018) — Secrecy of tax information; local officials to disclose information to non-governmental entities.
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Authorizes local commissioners of the revenue, treasurers, directors of finance, or other similar local officials to disclose tax information to nongovernmental entities with which their locality has contracted to provide services that assist it in the administration of refund processing or other non-audit services related to the administration of taxes. The bill prohibits such third-party contractors from disclosing the tax information to other parties.
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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 (CHAP0040)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0040)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB495ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB495ER)
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3. **House: Committee substitute printed 18105688D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB495H1)
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4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102628D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB495)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Finance with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Finance — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- M. Keith Hodges — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102628D `introduction`
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- **2018-01-08** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-16** 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 `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-01** Committee substitute agreed to 18105688D-H1
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- **2018-02-01** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB495H1
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- **2018-02-02** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-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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- **2018-02-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 40 (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/7d3ae84d-6973-4d1f-86aa-adfbb9ad5f99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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