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Bill	Transient occupancy tax; removes 7/1/21, sunset date from Arlington County's authority to impose.	Transient occupancy tax; Arlington County. Removes the July 1, 2021, sunset date from Arlington County's authority to impose a transient occupancy tax at a rate not to exceed 0.25 percent to be used for the purpose of promoting tourism and business travel in the county. Under current law, in addition to this tax, Arlington County is authorized to impose a transient occupancy tax at a rate not to exceed five percent. This bill is identical to SB 107.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 62	Virginia HB 62 (2020)	bill		enacted	Patrick A. Hope	3	24	6	2019-12-04	2020-03-10	openstates	ocd-bill/8b443c2c-4966-44b6-ac38-0735629e6c01	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB62	476bbe1c6df9a1bffbccbe1ae805cdf8e014bfe25b2490ed7fc93bea25e4fea8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 62 (2020) — Transient occupancy tax; removes 7/1/21, sunset date from Arlington County's authority to impose.

Transient occupancy tax; Arlington County. Removes the July 1, 2021, sunset date from Arlington County's authority to impose a transient occupancy tax at a rate not to exceed 0.25 percent to be used for the purpose of promoting tourism and business travel in the county. Under current law, in addition to this tax, Arlington County is authorized to impose a transient occupancy tax at a rate not to exceed five percent. This bill is identical to SB 107.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0238) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB62ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from TAX (HB62) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Finance (15-Y 7-N) — 15–7 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 0-N) — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (34-Y 6-N) — 34–6 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N) — 6–2 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (76-Y 22-N) — 75–22 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)
• Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
• Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-12-04 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100760D introduction
• 2019-12-04 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2020-01-13 Impact statement from TAX (HB62)
• 2020-01-14 Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2020-01-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
• 2020-01-22 Reported from Finance (15-Y 7-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-24 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-01-27 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-01-28 Passed by for the day
• 2020-01-29 Read third time and passed House (76-Y 22-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-01-29 VOTE: Passage (76-Y 22-N)
• 2020-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-01-30 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-02-18 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-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 (34-Y 6-N) passage
• 2020-02-25 Enrolled
• 2020-02-25 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-02-26 Signed by President
• 2020-02-27 Impact statement from TAX (HB62ER)
• 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 238 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8b443c2c-4966-44b6-ac38-0735629e6c01. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).