republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-1327.md

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Bill	Property taxes; generating equipment of electric suppliers utilizing wind turbines.	Property taxes; generating equipment of electric suppliers utilizing wind turbines. Provides that the rate for a locality that imposes property taxes on generating equipment of electric suppliers utilizing wind turbines that have filed a certain form with an electric utility or regional transmission organization by July 1, 2020, shall not exceed the locality's real estate tax rate by more than $0.20 per $100 of assessed value. For all other projects, and under current law, the tax may exceed the real estate rate but cannot exceed the general personal property tax rate in the locality.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 1327	Virginia HB 1327 (2020)	bill		enacted	Terry L. Austin	4	30	7	2020-01-08	2020-03-27	openstates	ocd-bill/61f408f2-5d91-4910-ae46-c11dc9ea7eaf	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1327	2ab5b71800590307e6e9f9585cbd4a7d900ad9f046cf80641515863e36ed8445	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1327 (2020) — Property taxes; generating equipment of electric suppliers utilizing wind turbines.

Property taxes; generating equipment of electric suppliers utilizing wind turbines. Provides that the rate for a locality that imposes property taxes on generating equipment of electric suppliers utilizing wind turbines that have filed a certain form with an electric utility or regional transmission organization by July 1, 2020, shall not exceed the locality's real estate tax rate by more than $0.20 per $100 of assessed value. For all other projects, and under current law, the tax may exceed the real estate rate but cannot exceed the general personal property tax rate in the locality.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0508) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1327ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1327S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from TAX (HB1327) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Adoption (84-Y 9-N 1-A) — 83–9 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance (19-Y 2-N) — 19–2 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (81-Y 12-N) — 80–12 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 2-N) — 38–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Terry L. Austin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102397D introduction
• 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2020-01-19 Impact statement from TAX (HB1327)
• 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 (19-Y 2-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 (81-Y 12-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-04 VOTE: Passage (81-Y 12-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 with substitute (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-18 Committee substitute printed 20108430D-S1 substitution
• 2020-02-19 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-20 Reading of substitute waived
• 2020-02-20 Committee substitute agreed to 20108430D-S1
• 2020-02-20 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1327S1
• 2020-02-20 Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 2-N) passage
• 2020-02-24 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-24 Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108430D-S1 (84-Y 9-N 1-A)
• 2020-02-24 VOTE: Adoption (84-Y 9-N 1-A)
• 2020-02-28 Enrolled
• 2020-02-28 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-02 Impact statement from TAX (HB1327ER)
• 2020-03-02 Signed by President
• 2020-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2020
• 2020-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-03-27 Approved by Governor-Chapter 508 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/61f408f2-5d91-4910-ae46-c11dc9ea7eaf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).