republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-1974.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Motor vehicle rental tax; filing returns.	Motor vehicle rental tax; filing returns.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 1974	Virginia HB 1974 (2019)	bill	Motor Vehicles Sales and Use Tax Taxation	enacted	Robert B. Bell	3	14	5	2019-01-07	2019-02-19	openstates	ocd-bill/666755b9-d66a-4d16-9bfe-b9e40fb4bacd	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1974	55ad95a5ce4745d280a448eed4da0e9997e28ed524df970b065f8a995135fbe6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1974 (2019) — Motor vehicle rental tax; filing returns.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0053) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1974ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100008D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance — 11–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Robert B. Bell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100008D introduction
• 2019-01-07 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2019-01-23 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-01-24 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2019-01-25 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-01-28 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2019-02-07 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-11 Enrolled
• 2019-02-11 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-02-11 Signed by President
• 2019-02-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 12, 2019
• 2019-02-12 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 19, 2019
• 2019-02-19 Approved by Governor-Chapter 53 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/666755b9-d66a-4d16-9bfe-b9e40fb4bacd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).