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| Bill | Taxes on income, wills, and administrations; exemption for victims of the Va. Beach mass shooting. | Taxes on wills and administrations; exemption for victims of the Virginia Beach mass shooting. Establishes an exemption from probate tax for a person killed or injured in the 2019 Virginia Beach mass shooting. The bill provides that if, prior to its enactment, a person eligible for a tax exemption pursuant to the bill paid tax to the Commonwealth or a locality for a will or grant of administration of a victim's estate, either the Commonwealth or the locality, as applicable, shall refund the tax. The bill contains an emergency clause and is identical to SB 93. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 839 | Virginia HB 839 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 839 (2020) — Taxes on income, wills, and administrations; exemption for victims of the Va. Beach mass shooting.
Taxes on wills and administrations; exemption for victims of the Virginia Beach mass shooting. Establishes an exemption from probate tax for a person killed or injured in the 2019 Virginia Beach mass shooting. The bill provides that if, prior to its enactment, a person eligible for a tax exemption pursuant to the bill paid tax to the Commonwealth or a locality for a will or grant of administration of a victim's estate, either the Commonwealth or the locality, as applicable, shall refund the tax. The bill contains an emergency clause and is identical to SB 93.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0249) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB839ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB839H1 (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from TAX (HB839) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Finance with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 0-N) — 11–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — primary (person)
- Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn R. Davis — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104484D
introduction - 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Finance
referral-committee - 2020-01-20 Impact statement from TAX (HB839)
- 2020-01-22 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2020-01-22 Reported from Finance with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-22 Committee substitute printed 20106479D-H1
substitution - 2020-01-22 Incorporates HB53 (Knight)
- 2020-01-24 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-01-27 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-01-27 Committee substitute agreed to 20106479D-H1
- 2020-01-27 Emergency clause added
- 2020-01-27 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB839H1
- 2020-01-28 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-01-28 VOTE: (97-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2020-01-29 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2020-02-11 Impact statement from TAX (HB839H1)
- 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 (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-02-25 Enrolled
- 2020-02-25 Impact statement from TAX (HB839ER)
- 2020-02-25 Signed by Speaker
- 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 249 (effective 3/10/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/65fbbed3-e3eb-4fa5-8e19-ca75027600b3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).