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| Bill | Public service companies; increases max. allowable rates of special reg. taxes that can be imposed. | Maximum allowable rates of special regulatory taxes; public service companies. Increases the maximum allowable rates of several taxes, known as special regulatory taxes, that apply to public service companies such as those that provide water, heat, light, or power. The bill increases the maximum allowable rate of the gross receipts tax from 0.2 percent to 0.26 percent, increases the maximum allowable rates of three electricity consumption taxes that are measured per kilowatt hour, and increases the maximum allowable rate of the natural gas consumption tax from $0.0020 per cubic foot to $0.0026 per cubic foot. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 129 | Virginia HB 129 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 129 (2020) — Public service companies; increases max. allowable rates of special reg. taxes that can be imposed.
Maximum allowable rates of special regulatory taxes; public service companies. Increases the maximum allowable rates of several taxes, known as special regulatory taxes, that apply to public service companies such as those that provide water, heat, light, or power. The bill increases the maximum allowable rate of the gross receipts tax from 0.2 percent to 0.26 percent, increases the maximum allowable rates of three electricity consumption taxes that are measured per kilowatt hour, and increases the maximum allowable rate of the natural gas consumption tax from $0.0020 per cubic foot to $0.0026 per cubic foot.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0697) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB129ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from SCC (HB129) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (25-Y 14-N 1-A) — 25–14 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 2-N) — 8–2 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance (16-Y 6-N) — 16–6 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N 1-A) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (58-Y 41-N) — 57–41 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (33-Y 6-N 1-A) — 33–6 (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Mark D. Sickles — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-12-16 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102148D
introduction - 2019-12-16 Referred to Committee on Finance
referral-committee - 2020-01-29 Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1
referral-committee - 2020-02-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 2-N)
- 2020-02-04 Impact statement from SCC (HB129)
- 2020-02-05 Reported from Finance (16-Y 6-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 (58-Y 41-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-10 VOTE: Passage (58-Y 41-N)
- 2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2020-02-11 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 (33-Y 6-N 1-A)
passage - 2020-02-26 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-26 Passed Senate (25-Y 14-N 1-A)
passage - 2020-03-02 Enrolled
- 2020-03-02 Impact statement from SCC (HB129ER)
- 2020-03-02 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-03-03 Signed by President
- 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
- 2020-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 697 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fa76985c-83ae-495a-a970-1a5b3eeb8e18. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).