republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-120.md

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Bill	Virginia Beach Sports or Entertainment Project; extends expiration date of tax incentive, etc.	Virginia Beach Sports or Entertainment Project; extend expiration date of tax incentive; modify financing structure. Provides that the City of Virginia Beach's entitlement to state sales and use tax revenue attributable to a sports or entertainment project, which under current law will expire on July 1, 2039, shall expire on July 1 following the twentieth anniversary of the completion of construction of the sports and entertainment project. The bill authorizes the City of Virginia Beach to work with a community development authority established by the City to develop a sports or entertainment district, and authorizes it to use funds from the Sports or Entertainment Project Financing Fund to pay for debt maintenance costs of such authority.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 120	Virginia HB 120 (2020)	bill		enacted	Barry D. Knight	4	30	7	2019-12-16	2020-03-25	openstates	ocd-bill/d8dde5a5-75d2-409c-ad32-a92ba661b98f	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB120	5d24518fe08bc02d40a8343b4c7a4161dccd0545d2b5d329a68efcddd24f1406	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 120 (2020) — Virginia Beach Sports or Entertainment Project; extends expiration date of tax incentive, etc.

Virginia Beach Sports or Entertainment Project; extend expiration date of tax incentive; modify financing structure. Provides that the City of Virginia Beach's entitlement to state sales and use tax revenue attributable to a sports or entertainment project, which under current law will expire on July 1, 2039, shall expire on July 1 following the twentieth anniversary of the completion of construction of the sports and entertainment project. The bill authorizes the City of Virginia Beach to work with a community development authority established by the City to develop a sports or entertainment district, and authorizes it to use funds from the Sports or Entertainment Project Financing Fund to pay for debt maintenance costs of such authority.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0467) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB120ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB120H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from TAX (HB120) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N 1-A) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance with substitute (14-Y 7-N) — 14–7 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (36-Y 2-N 2-A) — 36–2 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N) — 6–4 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (75-Y 24-N) — 74–24 (pass) · lower
• VOTE:DEFEATED (44-Y 51-N) — 43–51 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Barry D. Knight — primary (person)
• Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph C. Lindsey — cosponsor (person)
• Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
• Nancy D. Guy — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-12-16 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101271D introduction
• 2019-12-16 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2020-01-11 Impact statement from TAX (HB120)
• 2020-01-29 Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2020-02-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N)
• 2020-02-05 Committee substitute printed 20105677D-H1 substitution
• 2020-02-05 Reported from Finance with substitute (14-Y 7-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-06 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-07 Committee substitute agreed to 20105677D-H1
• 2020-02-07 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB120H1
• 2020-02-10 Read third time and defeated by House (44-Y 51-N) failure
• 2020-02-10 VOTE:DEFEATED (44-Y 51-N)
• 2020-02-10 Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by House
• 2020-02-10 Passed by for the day
• 2020-02-11 Read third time and passed House (75-Y 24-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-11 VOTE: Passage (75-Y 24-N)
• 2020-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-12 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-02-25 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N 1-A) committee-passage
• 2020-02-26 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-26 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-26 Passed Senate (36-Y 2-N 2-A) passage
• 2020-03-02 Enrolled
• 2020-03-02 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-03 Signed by President
• 2020-03-06 Impact statement from TAX (HB120ER)
• 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
• 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-03-25 Approved by Governor-Chapter 467 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d8dde5a5-75d2-409c-ad32-a92ba661b98f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).