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Bill

Localities; authority to levy taxes.

Local tax authority. Modifies the restrictions that currently apply to county admission, cigarette, food and beverage, and transient occupancy taxes. The bill authorizes all counties to tax cigarettes at up to 40 cents per pack. The bill limits the cigarette tax rate of cities and towns to 40 cents per pack or the rate in effect on January 1, 2020, whichever is greater. Under current law, there is no limit on the cigarette tax rate that may be imposed by a city or town.The bill authorizes all counties, except the counties of James City and York, to impose an admissions tax at a rate of up to ten percent. Under current law, only certain counties may impose an admissions tax, and the rate generally is capped at 10 percent.The bill authorizes all counties to impose a food and beverage tax (commonly referred to as the meals tax) at a rate of up to six percent. Under current law, counties are limited to a four percent rate. The bill removes the requirement that a county hold a referendum before imposing a meals tax. However, if a county held a meals tax referendum that failed within the past two years, it would be prohibited from imposing a tax by ordinance until July 1, 2022.The bill authorizes all counties to impose a transient occupancy tax at a rate of up to five percent; however, if a county currently imposes the tax at a higher rate, it may continue to impose the tax at that rate. Under current law, counties generally are limited to a maximum rate of two percent, although certain counties may impose the tax at higher rates.The bill directs the Division of Legislative Services to convene a work group to develop recommendations as to any additional legislative changes that may be needed to effectuate the provisions of the bill. The bill also directs the Division to study the different legal authorities and requirements that apply to cities and counties that are not related to taxation. The bill directs the Department of Taxation to convene a workgroup to study modernizing the cigarette tax stamping process and unifying it so that it would be administered only at the state level. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2021, and incorporates SB484, SB921, SB682, and SB799.

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Virginia General Assembly

2020

SB 588

Virginia SB 588 (2020)

bill

enacted

Emmett W. Hanger, Jr.

2020-01-07

2020-04-22

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ocd-bill/183d460c-011c-42df-b453-b04bc78b72ca

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB588

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https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump

2026-07-06

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Virginia SB 588 (2020) — Localities; authority to levy taxes.

Version chain

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

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1263) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB588ER) (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB588H1 (committee substitute) — source
Reenrolled bill text (SB588ER2) (committee substitute) — source
SB588S2 (committee substitute) — source
SB588S3 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N) — 6–4 (pass) · lower
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 2-N) — 14–2 (pass) · upper
Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
VOTE: Adoption (57-Y 38-N 1-A) — 56–38 (pass) · lower
Passed Senate (24-Y 15-N) — 24–15 (pass) · upper
Reported from Finance with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
VOTE: (56-Y 35-N 1-A) — 55–35 (pass) · lower
Conference report rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N) — 0–39 (fail) · upper
VOTE: Passage (58-Y 40-N 1-A) — 57–40 (pass) · lower
Senate acceded to request for second conference committee (26-Y 12-N) — 26–12 (pass) · upper
Senate acceded to request (31-Y 9-N) — 31–9 (pass) · upper
Conference report agreed to by Senate (26-Y 12-N) — 26–12 (pass) · upper
Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) — 0–40 (fail) · upper
Reported from Local Government (11-Y 0-N 1-A) — 11–0 (pass) · upper
Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (27-Y 12-N 1-A) — 27–12 (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101393D introduction
2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
2020-01-12 Impact statement from TAX (SB588)
2020-01-13 Reported from Local Government (11-Y 0-N 1-A) committee-passage
2020-01-13 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
2020-02-04 Fiscal impact review from JLARC (SB588)
2020-02-05 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 2-N) committee-passage
2020-02-05 Incorporates SB484 (Favola)
2020-02-05 Incorporates SB682 (Mason)
2020-02-05 Incorporates SB799 (Lewis)
2020-02-05 Incorporates SB921 (Locke)
2020-02-05 Committee substitute printed 20106708D-S1 substitution
2020-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-07 Read second time reading-2
2020-02-07 Reading of substitute waived
2020-02-07 Committee substitute agreed to 20106708D-S1
2020-02-07 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB588S1
2020-02-10 Passed by temporarily
2020-02-10 Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
2020-02-10 Reading of amendment waived
2020-02-10 Amendment by Senator Norment agreed to amendment-passage
2020-02-10 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB588ES1
2020-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2020-02-10 Passed Senate (24-Y 15-N) passage
2020-02-10 Printed as engrossed 20106708D-ES1
2020-02-13 Placed on Calendar
2020-02-13 Read first time reading-1
2020-02-13 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
2020-02-13 Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
2020-02-14 Impact statement from TAX (SB588ES1)
2020-02-17 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
2020-02-17 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N)
2020-02-19 Committee substitute printed 20108310D-H1 substitution
2020-02-19 Reported from Finance with substitute (13-Y 9-N) committee-passage
2020-02-21 Read second time reading-2
2020-02-24 Read third time reading-3
2020-02-24 Committee substitute agreed to 20108310D-H1
2020-02-24 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB588H1
2020-02-24 Passed House with substitute (58-Y 40-N 1-A) passage
2020-02-24 VOTE: Passage (58-Y 40-N 1-A)
2020-02-26 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
2020-02-27 House insisted on substitute
2020-02-27 House requested conference committee
2020-03-02 Senate acceded to request (31-Y 9-N)
2020-03-02 Conferees appointed by Senate
2020-03-03 Conferees appointed by House
2020-03-07 Amended by conference committee
2020-03-07 First Conference substitute printed 20109878D-S2
2020-03-07 Conference report rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N)
2020-03-07 House requested second conference committee
2020-03-07 Senate acceded to request for second conference committee (26-Y 12-N)
2020-03-07 Second conferees appointed by House
2020-03-07 Second Conference substitute printed 20109967D-S3
2020-03-08 Second conferees appointed by Senate
2020-03-08 Conference report agreed to by House (57-Y 38-N 1-A)
2020-03-08 VOTE: Adoption (57-Y 38-N 1-A)
2020-03-08 Conference report agreed to by Senate (26-Y 12-N)
2020-03-18 Enrolled
2020-03-18 Signed by President
2020-03-19 Signed by Speaker
2020-03-20 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
2020-03-20 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-24 Impact statement from TAX (SB588ER)
2020-04-11 Governor's recommendation received by Senate
2020-04-22 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (27-Y 12-N 1-A)
2020-04-22 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (56-Y 35-N 1-A)
2020-04-22 VOTE: (56-Y 35-N 1-A)
2020-04-22 Governor's recommendation adopted
2020-04-22 Reenrolled
2020-04-22 Reenrolled bill text (SB588ER2)
2020-04-22 Signed by President as reenrolled
2020-04-22 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
2020-04-22 Enacted, Chapter 1263 (effective - see bill) became-law

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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/183d460c-011c-42df-b453-b04bc78b72ca. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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