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Bill	Certified pollution control equipment and facilities; tax exemption, timing of certification.	Tax exemption for certified pollution control equipment and facilities; timing of certification by the state certifying authority. Provides that, upon the request of a political subdivision, the state certifying authority having jurisdiction shall certify the tax-exempt status of certain pollution control equipment and facilities on a prospective basis. The property eligible for such treatment shall be equipment and facilities intended for use by a political subdivision in conjunction with the operation of its water, wastewater, stormwater, or solid waste management facilities or systems. This bill is identical to SB 685.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 1173	Virginia HB 1173 (2020)	bill		enacted	Alfonso H. Lopez	3	23	6	2020-01-07	2020-03-10	openstates	ocd-bill/4393b3a2-9c0a-4fa4-a2dc-7b6f07f54a0d	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1173	de98b105f615d767535030a9d99379761d13518011ddf35e71f676d504ae0716	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1173 (2020) — Certified pollution control equipment and facilities; tax exemption, timing of certification.

Tax exemption for certified pollution control equipment and facilities; timing of certification by the state certifying authority. Provides that, upon the request of a political subdivision, the state certifying authority having jurisdiction shall certify the tax-exempt status of certain pollution control equipment and facilities on a prospective basis. The property eligible for such treatment shall be equipment and facilities intended for use by a political subdivision in conjunction with the operation of its water, wastewater, stormwater, or solid waste management facilities or systems. This bill is identical to SB 685.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0252) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1173ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from TAX (HB1173) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (91-Y 6-N) — 90–6 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 0-N) — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance (20-Y 1-N) — 20–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alfonso H. Lopez — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103437D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2020-01-19 Impact statement from TAX (HB1173)
• 2020-01-23 Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2020-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-29 Reported from Finance (20-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-03 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-02-04 Read third time and passed House (91-Y 6-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-04 VOTE: Passage (91-Y 6-N)
• 2020-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-05 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-02-18 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-19 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-20 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-25 Enrolled
• 2020-02-25 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-02-26 Impact statement from TAX (HB1173ER)
• 2020-02-26 Signed by President
• 2020-03-03 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2020
• 2020-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 10, 2020
• 2020-03-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 252 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4393b3a2-9c0a-4fa4-a2dc-7b6f07f54a0d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).