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type: "Bill"
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title: "Taxes on income, wills, and administrations; exemption for victims of the Va. Beach mass shooting."
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description: "Taxes on income, wills, and administrations; exemption for victims of the Virginia Beach mass shooting and for payments to such victims; emergency. Establishes an income tax exemption for relief payments paid to a victim of the 2019 Virginia Beach mass shooting or a parent, guardian, child, or spouse of a victim. The bill also establishes an exemption from probate tax for a person killed or injured in the 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 shall refund the tax. The bill establishes a deduction for a taxpayer's relief payment, whether directly or indirectly, to a victim of the Virginia Beach mass shooting, provided the taxpayer coordinates with the City of Virginia Beach to identify victims and distribute payments. The bill contains an emergency clause."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 93"
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citation: "Virginia SB 93 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bill DeSteph"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2019-12-02"
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last_action: "2020-03-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9b718b9-a868-49f1-8b5c-9e75d02b6ed2"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB93"
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source_hash: "33bbc4e39c0fda0911f951ae491a31bd23dd85a0194ac0b472bb67dde6c40ac5"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 93 (2020) — Taxes on income, wills, and administrations; exemption for victims of the Va. Beach mass shooting.
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Taxes on income, wills, and administrations; exemption for victims of the Virginia Beach mass shooting and for payments to such victims; emergency. Establishes an income tax exemption for relief payments paid to a victim of the 2019 Virginia Beach mass shooting or a parent, guardian, child, or spouse of a victim. The bill also establishes an exemption from probate tax for a person killed or injured in the 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 shall refund the tax. The bill establishes a deduction for a taxpayer's relief payment, whether directly or indirectly, to a victim of the Virginia Beach mass shooting, provided the taxpayer coordinates with the City of Virginia Beach to identify victims and distribute payments. The bill contains an emergency clause.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0278)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0278)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB93ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB93ER)
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3. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB93S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB93S1)
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4. **Impact statement from TAX (SB93)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB93)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bill DeSteph — primary (person)
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- Amanda F. Chase — cosponsor (person)
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- Frank M. Ruff, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph D. Morrissey — cosponsor (person)
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- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
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- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-12-02** Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/08/20 20101254D `introduction`
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- **2019-12-02** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-08** Moved from Finance to Finance and Appropriations due to a change of the committee name
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- **2020-01-19** Impact statement from TAX (SB93)
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- **2020-01-21** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-21** Committee substitute printed 20106162D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2020-01-22** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-22** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-22** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2020-01-22** Committee substitute agreed to 20106162D-S1
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- **2020-01-22** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB93S1
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- **2020-01-22** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-22** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-10** Impact statement from TAX (SB93E)
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- **2020-02-10** Impact statement from TAX (SB93S1)
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- **2020-02-18** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-18** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-18** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-19** Reported from Finance (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-24** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-24** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-27** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-27** Impact statement from TAX (SB93ER)
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-10** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 10, 2020
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- **2020-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-03-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 278 (effective 3/11/20) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9b718b9-a868-49f1-8b5c-9e75d02b6ed2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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