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| Bill | Business licenses; acceptable identification. | Business licenses; acceptable identification. Provides that for any application for a business license issued by a locality under its business, professional, and occupational license taxing authority, the locality shall not require an applicant to provide a social security number if the applicant provides his federal employer identification number instead. Further, if a valid federal employer identification number is provided, the locality shall not be required to determine the residency status of the applicant. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 1679 | Virginia HB 1679 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 1679 (2020) — Business licenses; acceptable identification.
Business licenses; acceptable identification. Provides that for any application for a business license issued by a locality under its business, professional, and occupational license taxing authority, the locality shall not require an applicant to provide a social security number if the applicant provides his federal employer identification number instead. Further, if a valid federal employer identification number is provided, the locality shall not be required to determine the residency status of the applicant.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0258) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1679ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by House as amended HB1679E (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from TAX (HB1679) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance with amendment (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Glenn R. Davis — primary (person)
- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-17 Presented and ordered printed 20104385D
introduction - 2020-01-17 Referred to Committee on Finance
referral-committee - 2020-01-23 Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2
referral-committee - 2020-01-26 Impact statement from TAX (HB1679)
- 2020-01-27 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2020-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-29 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2020-01-29 Reported from Finance with amendment (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-31 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-03 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-03 Committee amendment agreed to
- 2020-02-03 Engrossed by House as amended HB1679E
- 2020-02-03 Printed as engrossed 20104385D-E
- 2020-02-04 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-04 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2020-02-05 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2020-02-11 Impact statement from TAX (HB1679E)
- 2020-02-18 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-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 (HB1679ER)
- 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 258 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/78a30049-9fb8-4a20-8962-521785d4d705. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).