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type: "Bill"
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title: "Income tax, state; subtraction for crime stopper rewards."
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description: "Income tax subtraction; crime stopper rewards. Increases from $1,000 to $5,000, beginning in taxable year 2020, the maximum amount that may be subtracted from taxable income for amounts received as a reward for providing information to a law-enforcement official or agency, or to a nonprofit corporation created exclusively to assist such law-enforcement official or agency, that is used in the apprehension and conviction of perpetrators of crimes. This bill is identical to HB 307."
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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 931"
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citation: "Virginia SB 931 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Joseph D. Morrissey"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2020-01-10"
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last_action: "2020-03-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d0935f8-4368-4e99-b2e1-e0af588c114c"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB931"
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source_hash: "d85d9e87e84c24a8978d247f3b616dc6a8742fa40ef27aaade42a4cca8a9fcc9"
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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 931 (2020) — Income tax, state; subtraction for crime stopper rewards.
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Income tax subtraction; crime stopper rewards. Increases from $1,000 to $5,000, beginning in taxable year 2020, the maximum amount that may be subtracted from taxable income for amounts received as a reward for providing information to a law-enforcement official or agency, or to a nonprofit corporation created exclusively to assist such law-enforcement official or agency, that is used in the apprehension and conviction of perpetrators of crimes. This bill is identical to HB 307.
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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 (CHAP0375)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0375)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB931ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB931ER)
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3. **Impact statement from TAX (SB931)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB931)
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## Votes
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- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance with amendments (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (96-Y 3-N) — **95–3** (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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- Joseph D. Morrissey — primary (person)
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- Amanda F. Chase — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeffrey M. Bourne — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Kirkland Cox — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-10** Presented and ordered printed 20104489D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-10** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-13** Impact statement from TAX (SB931)
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- **2020-02-06** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-11** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-11** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-11** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-11** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-14** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-14** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-14** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-14** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-17** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2020-02-19** Reported from Finance with amendments (21-Y 1-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** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2020-02-24** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2020-02-24** Passed House with amendments (96-Y 3-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-24** VOTE: Passage (96-Y 3-N)
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- **2020-02-26** House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-04** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-05** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-06** Impact statement from TAX (SB931ER)
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 375 (effective 7/1/20) `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/1d0935f8-4368-4e99-b2e1-e0af588c114c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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