republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-486.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Henry, Northampton, Patrick, & Pittsylvania Counties & City of Danville; additional sales &use tax."
description: "Additional sales and use tax in Henry County, Northampton County, Patrick County, Pittsylvania County and the City of Danville; appropriations of Henry County, Northampton County, Patrick County, and Pittsylvania County to incorporated towns for educational purposes. Authorizes Henry County, Northampton County, Patrick County, Pittsylvania County, and the City of Danville to impose an additional local sales and use tax at a rate not to exceed one percent, as determined by the governing body, if initiated by a resolution of the local governing body and approved by the voters at a referendum. The bill requires the governing body to specify in the enacting ordinance the time period, not to exceed 20 years, for which the tax would be imposed. Revenue from the tax shall be used solely for capital projects for new construction or major renovation of schools in the locality enacting the tax.The bill removes the limit on the amount that Henry County, Northampton County, Patrick County, and Pittsylvania County may appropriate to an incorporated town that has not complied with the provisions of its charter relating to the elections of local officials. Under current law, such amount is limited to the amount the town would have received from local sales and use tax for educational purposes if such election had been held.Under current law, only Halifax County has the authority to impose such taxes and make such appropriations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 486"
citation: "Virginia HB 486 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel W. Marshall, III"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-03"
last_action: "2020-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22538e57-ad21-4b34-aa42-6fe6246e6cf2"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB486"
source_hash: "cebdf43109267f7e14f5823783e117dc2d4fa5c619a8afba75fd52f956dfc4db"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 486 (2020) — Henry, Northampton, Patrick, & Pittsylvania Counties & City of Danville; additional sales &use tax.

Additional sales and use tax in Henry County, Northampton County, Patrick County, Pittsylvania County and the City of Danville; appropriations of Henry County, Northampton County, Patrick County, and Pittsylvania County to incorporated towns for educational purposes. Authorizes Henry County, Northampton County, Patrick County, Pittsylvania County, and the City of Danville to impose an additional local sales and use tax at a rate not to exceed one percent, as determined by the governing body, if initiated by a resolution of the local governing body and approved by the voters at a referendum. The bill requires the governing body to specify in the enacting ordinance the time period, not to exceed 20 years, for which the tax would be imposed. Revenue from the tax shall be used solely for capital projects for new construction or major renovation of schools in the locality enacting the tax.The bill removes the limit on the amount that Henry County, Northampton County, Patrick County, and Pittsylvania County may appropriate to an incorporated town that has not complied with the provisions of its charter relating to the elections of local officials. Under current law, such amount is limited to the amount the town would have received from local sales and use tax for educational purposes if such election had been held.Under current law, only Halifax County has the authority to impose such taxes and make such appropriations.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0327)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0327)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB486ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB486ER)
3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB486H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB486H1)
4. **Impact statement from TAX (HB486)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB486)

## Votes

- VOTE: Passage (79-Y 21-N) — **78–21** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 2-N) — **8–2** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (29-Y 7-N) — **29–7** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 2-N) — **14–2** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance with substitute (15-Y 7-N) — **15–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daniel W. Marshall, III — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100893D `introduction`
- **2020-01-03** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-27** Impact statement from TAX (HB486)
- **2020-01-29** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 2-N)
- **2020-02-05** Committee substitute printed 20107422D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-02-05** Reported from Finance with substitute (15-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-07** Passed by for the day
- **2020-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-10** Committee substitute agreed to 20107422D-H1
- **2020-02-10** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB486H1
- **2020-02-11** Passed by temporarily
- **2020-02-11** Read third time and passed House (79-Y 21-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-11** VOTE: Passage (79-Y 21-N)
- **2020-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-12** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** Impact statement from TAX (HB486H1)
- **2020-02-19** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 2-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 (29-Y 7-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 (HB486ER)
- **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 327 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22538e57-ad21-4b34-aa42-6fe6246e6cf2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).