republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-2003.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Major business facility job tax credit; extends sunset date."
description: "Extends the sunset date of the major business facility job tax credit from January 1, 2020, to July 1, 2022. The bill also requires the Department of Taxation, for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2019, to publish the following information about companies that are using the credit: (i) locations of sites used for major business facilities for which a credit was claimed, (ii) North American Industry Classification System codes used for the major business facilities for which a credit was claimed, (iii) number of qualified full time employees for whom a credit was claimed, and (iv) total cost to the Commonwealth's general fund of the credits claimed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2003"
citation: "Virginia HB 2003 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation", "Trade and Commerce"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lashrecse D. Aird"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-01-07"
last_action: "2019-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/415637db-0613-4de5-bad7-fb8acf081f78"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2003"
source_hash: "d9d1424539f68246d7769415c27a3afc25d3b5888f67c0e5b2df7c09f7025f4b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 2003 (2019) — Major business facility job tax credit; extends sunset date.

Extends the sunset date of the major business facility job tax credit from January 1, 2020, to July 1, 2022. The bill also requires the Department of Taxation, for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2019, to publish the following information about companies that are using the credit: (i) locations of sites used for major business facilities for which a credit was claimed, (ii) North American Industry Classification System codes used for the major business facilities for which a credit was claimed, (iii) number of qualified full time employees for whom a credit was claimed, and (iv) total cost to the Commonwealth's general fund of the credits claimed.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0699)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0699)
2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2003AH)
3. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2003)
4. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2003ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2003ER)
5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102073D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2003)
6. **House: Printed as engrossed 19102073D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2003E)
7. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106447D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2003S1)

## Votes

- Reported from Finance with amendments — **20–2** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance with substitute — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106447D-S1 — **89–8** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — **8–2** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House — **90–7** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lashrecse D. Aird — primary (person)
- Matthew James - Resigned 5/19 — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102073D `introduction`
- **2019-01-07** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-11** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-01-24** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2019-01-24** Engrossed by House as amended HB2003E
- **2019-01-24** Printed as engrossed 19102073D-E
- **2019-01-25** Read third time and passed House (90-Y 7-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-01-28** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-14** Reading of substitute waived
- **2019-02-14** Committee substitute agreed to 19106447D-S1
- **2019-02-14** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2003S1
- **2019-02-18** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-02-18** Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106447D-S1 (89-Y 8-N)
- **2019-02-21** Enrolled
- **2019-02-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-21** Signed by President
- **2019-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
- **2019-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 699 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/415637db-0613-4de5-bad7-fb8acf081f78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).