republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/sb-268.md

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Bill	Personal property tax; computer equipment and peripherals used in data centers.	Creates a separate classification of tangible personal property, for valuation purposes, for computer equipment and peripherals used in a data center. The classification specifies that the computer equipment and peripherals shall be valued by means of a percentage or percentages of original cost or by any other method that reasonably may be expected to determine fair market value. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	SB 268	Virginia SB 268 (2018)	bill	Computer Services and Uses Personal Property and Personal Property Tax Taxation	enacted	Siobhan S. Dunnavant	3	19	5	2018-01-05	2018-03-09	openstates	ocd-bill/a37d2e7e-d364-4454-a1f4-68ae71566964	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB268	2f649036d9beec4f5501ae38ff51dac9b34754e0b31a9135e8e3bbfc5ba314fd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 268 (2018) — Personal property tax; computer equipment and peripherals used in data centers.

Creates a separate classification of tangible personal property, for valuation purposes, for computer equipment and peripherals used in a data center. The classification specifies that the computer equipment and peripherals shall be valued by means of a percentage or percentages of original cost or by any other method that reasonably may be expected to determine fair market value. This bill is identical to

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB268ER) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100798D (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Printed as engrossed 18100798D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Finance — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Finance with amendment — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 36–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Siobhan S. Dunnavant — primary (person)
• Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
• Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100798D introduction
• 2018-01-05 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2018-01-25 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-01-25 Reading of amendment waived
• 2018-01-25 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2018-01-25 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB268E
• 2018-01-25 Printed as engrossed 18100798D-E
• 2018-01-31 Placed on Calendar
• 2018-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-01-31 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2018-02-21 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-22 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-22 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2018-02-26 Enrolled
• 2018-02-26 Signed by Speaker
• 2018-02-28 Signed by President
• 2018-03-02 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2018
• 2018-03-02 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 9, 2018
• 2018-03-09 Approved by Governor-Chapter 292 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a37d2e7e-d364-4454-a1f4-68ae71566964. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).