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| Bill | Transient occupancy tax; certain counties. | Transient occupancy tax; certain counties.Adds Appomattox, Mathews, Middlesex, and New Kent Counties to thelist of counties that may impose a transient occupancy tax at a rate above two percent, but not to exceed five percent. The revenue attributableto a rate in excess of two percent shall be used solely for tourismand travel purposes. Current law allows all counties to impose atransient occupancy tax at a rate not to exceed two percent. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 1262 | Virginia HB 1262 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 1262 (2020) — Transient occupancy tax; certain counties.
Transient occupancy tax; certain counties.Adds Appomattox, Mathews, Middlesex, and New Kent Counties to thelist of counties that may impose a transient occupancy tax at a rate above two percent, but not to exceed five percent. The revenue attributableto a rate in excess of two percent shall be used solely for tourismand travel purposes. Current law allows all counties to impose atransient occupancy tax at a rate not to exceed two percent.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0330) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1262ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from TAX (HB1262) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- VOTE: Passage (80-Y 18-N) — 79–18 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (32-Y 6-N) — 32–6 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 2-N) — 8–2 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance (18-Y 4-N) — 18–4 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- M. Keith Hodges — primary (person)
- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103023D
introduction - 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on Finance
referral-committee - 2020-01-14 Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2
referral-committee - 2020-01-15 Impact statement from TAX (HB1262)
- 2020-02-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 2-N)
- 2020-02-05 Reported from Finance (18-Y 4-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-06 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-07 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2020-02-10 Read third time and passed House (80-Y 18-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-10 VOTE: Passage (80-Y 18-N)
- 2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2020-02-11 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2020-02-19 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-21 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-21 Passed Senate (32-Y 6-N)
passage - 2020-02-26 Enrolled
- 2020-02-27 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-02-27 Signed by President
- 2020-03-02 Impact statement from TAX (HB1262ER)
- 2020-03-05 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2020
- 2020-03-05 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 12, 2020
- 2020-03-12 Approved by Governor-Chapter 330 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/05b0e6d5-b162-48e8-97be-08cdeb85ca9e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).