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| Bill | Transient occupancy tax; authorizes Prince George County to impose. | Additional transient occupancy tax in Prince George County. Authorizes Prince George County to impose an additional transient occupancy tax at a rate of up to two percent, for a total maximum rate of seven percent. The revenue from the additional tax shall be used solely for tourism purposes. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | SB 255 | Virginia SB 255 (2020) |
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Virginia SB 255 (2020) — Transient occupancy tax; authorizes Prince George County to impose.
Additional transient occupancy tax in Prince George County. Authorizes Prince George County to impose an additional transient occupancy tax at a rate of up to two percent, for a total maximum rate of seven percent. The revenue from the additional tax shall be used solely for tourism purposes.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0787) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB255ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from TAX (SB255) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- VOTE: Passage (69-Y 27-N) — 68–27 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (30-Y 9-N 1-A) — 30–9 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance (16-Y 6-N) — 16–6 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Frank M. Ruff, Jr. — primary (person)
- Joseph D. Morrissey — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101548D
introduction - 2020-01-03 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2020-01-08 Moved from Finance to Finance and Appropriations due to a change of the committee name
- 2020-01-14 Impact statement from TAX (SB255)
- 2020-01-15 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-16 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-17 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2020-01-20 Read third time and passed Senate (30-Y 9-N 1-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-12 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-02-12 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-12 Referred to Committee on Finance
referral-committee - 2020-02-24 Reported from Finance (16-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-26 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-27 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-27 Passed House (69-Y 27-N)
passage - 2020-02-27 VOTE: Passage (69-Y 27-N)
- 2020-03-04 Enrolled
- 2020-03-05 Signed by President
- 2020-03-05 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-03-06 Impact statement from TAX (SB255ER)
- 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 2020-04-07 Approved by Governor-Chapter 787 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/60160759-509b-45ea-aed3-6dcabe34a636. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).