republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-590.md

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Bill	Income tax, state; housing choice vouchers, definition of eligible housing areas.	Tax credit for participating landlords; eligible housing areas. Expands the definition of "eligible housing area" for the housing choice voucher tax credit to include Virginia census tracts in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Metropolitan Statistical Area in which less than 10 percent of the population lives below the poverty level. Landlords who rent qualified housing units within such areas are eligible for an income tax credit. Current law only applies to such areas within the Richmond and Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News Metropolitan Statistical Areas.The bill establishes a 2025 sunset date on the credit. The bill incorporates HB 1014 and is identical to SB 200.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 590	Virginia HB 590 (2020)	bill		enacted	Elizabeth R. Guzman	4	33	6	2020-01-06	2020-03-23	openstates	ocd-bill/18a152fd-fc93-421a-b748-de20e42e0cd4	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB590	b45b33064a6b5a87655c89181b036437d10419483dfb4bb9f5db35ddf5e1f84e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 590 (2020) — Income tax, state; housing choice vouchers, definition of eligible housing areas.

Tax credit for participating landlords; eligible housing areas. Expands the definition of "eligible housing area" for the housing choice voucher tax credit to include Virginia census tracts in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Metropolitan Statistical Area in which less than 10 percent of the population lives below the poverty level. Landlords who rent qualified housing units within such areas are eligible for an income tax credit. Current law only applies to such areas within the Richmond and Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News Metropolitan Statistical Areas.The bill establishes a 2025 sunset date on the credit. The bill incorporates HB 1014 and is identical to SB 200.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0430) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB590ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB590H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from TAX (HB590) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Passage (63-Y 36-N) — 62–36 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 44-N) — 51–44 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance with substitute (14-Y 7-N) — 14–7 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Elizabeth R. Guzman — primary (person)
• Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
• Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
• Danica A. Roem — cosponsor (person)
• Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
• David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Bulova — cosponsor (person)
• Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
• Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer Carroll Foy — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph D. Morrissey — cosponsor (person)
• Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
• Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
• Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
• Mark D. Sickles — cosponsor (person)
• Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
• Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
• Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
• Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)
• Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100622D introduction
• 2020-01-06 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2020-01-14 Impact statement from TAX (HB590)
• 2020-01-15 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-01-15 Reported from Finance with substitute (14-Y 7-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-15 Committee substitute printed 20105800D-H1 substitution
• 2020-01-15 Incorporates HB1014 (Herring)
• 2020-01-17 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-01-20 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-01-20 Committee substitute agreed to 20105800D-H1
• 2020-01-20 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB590H1
• 2020-01-21 Read third time and passed House (63-Y 36-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-01-21 VOTE: Passage (63-Y 36-N)
• 2020-01-22 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-01-22 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-02-11 Impact statement from TAX (HB590H1)
• 2020-02-18 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (13-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 Reading of amendments waived
• 2020-02-20 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2020-02-20 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2020-02-20 Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-24 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-24 Senate amendments agreed to by House (52-Y 44-N)
• 2020-02-24 VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 44-N)
• 2020-02-27 Enrolled
• 2020-02-27 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-02-27 Signed by President
• 2020-03-06 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 6, 2020
• 2020-03-06 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-03-20 Impact statement from TAX (HB590ER)
• 2020-03-23 Approved by Governor-Chapter 430 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/18a152fd-fc93-421a-b748-de20e42e0cd4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).