republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-307.md

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Bill	Income tax, state; subtraction for crime stopper rewards.	Income tax subtraction; crime stopper rewards. Increases from $1,000 to $5,000, beginning in taxable year 2020, the maximum amount that may be subtracted from taxable income for amounts received as a reward for providing information to a law-enforcement official or agency, or to a nonprofit corporation created exclusively to assist such law-enforcement official or agency, that is used in the apprehension and conviction of perpetrators of crimes. This bill is identical to SB 931.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 307	Virginia HB 307 (2020)	bill		enacted	M. Kirkland Cox	4	32	8	2019-12-31	2020-03-12	openstates	ocd-bill/b93545b7-29af-4009-b0bf-be058c7d38ec	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB307	a3bd89659b40c0539d9a05044777da04a9eacc938b8d3abb6d72a1d2a5ca4ff4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 307 (2020) — Income tax, state; subtraction for crime stopper rewards.

Income tax subtraction; crime stopper rewards. Increases from $1,000 to $5,000, beginning in taxable year 2020, the maximum amount that may be subtracted from taxable income for amounts received as a reward for providing information to a law-enforcement official or agency, or to a nonprofit corporation created exclusively to assist such law-enforcement official or agency, that is used in the apprehension and conviction of perpetrators of crimes. This bill is identical to SB 931.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0324) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB307ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House as amended HB307E (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from TAX (HB307) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance with amendments (20-Y 1-N) — 20–1 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (98-Y 2-N) — 97–2 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (9-Y 0-N) — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations (18-Y 0-N) — 18–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• M. Kirkland Cox — primary (person)
• Amanda F. Chase — cosponsor (person)
• Carrie E. Coyner — cosponsor (person)
• Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph D. Morrissey — cosponsor (person)
• Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
• Roxann L. Robinson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-12-31 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101744D introduction
• 2019-12-31 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2020-01-11 Impact statement from TAX (HB307)
• 2020-01-23 Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2020-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (9-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-27 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 2020-01-29 Reported from Finance with amendments (20-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-29 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-01-30 Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety referral-committee
• 2020-02-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-03 Reported from Appropriations (18-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-06 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2020-02-06 Engrossed by House as amended HB307E
• 2020-02-06 Printed as engrossed 20101744D-E
• 2020-02-07 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 2-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-07 VOTE: Passage (98-Y 2-N)
• 2020-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-10 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-02-12 Impact statement from TAX (HB307E)
• 2020-02-19 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-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 (38-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-26 Enrolled
• 2020-02-26 Impact statement from TAX (HB307ER)
• 2020-02-27 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-02-27 Signed by President
• 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 324 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b93545b7-29af-4009-b0bf-be058c7d38ec. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).