republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/hb-2060.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Online portal for tax practitioners; Department of Taxation shall analyze prospect of establishing."
description: "Online portal for tax practitioners analysis. Directs the Department of Taxation to analyze the prospect of establishing an online portal allowing access to taxpayer information for tax practitioners who possess a valid Power of Attorney and Declaration of Representative form for each client for whom such tax practitioner seeks to access such taxpayer information. The Department shall examine similar systems from the Internal Revenue Service or other states and also analyze cybersecurity concerns in such systems. The bill requires a report to the General Assembly no later than January 1, 2021."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2060"
citation: "Virginia HB 2060 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carrie E. Coyner"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6620db91-f91c-4a00-9242-65ab26f5ca93"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2060"
source_hash: "50a9c9369f2372413dfc68b7c7afebc9896912e529dba464085d313da93c90fa"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 2060 (2021) — Online portal for tax practitioners; Department of Taxation shall analyze prospect of establishing.

Online portal for tax practitioners analysis. Directs the Department of Taxation to analyze the prospect of establishing an online portal allowing access to taxpayer information for tax practitioners who possess a valid Power of Attorney and Declaration of Representative form for each client for whom such tax practitioner seeks to access such taxpayer information. The Department shall examine similar systems from the Internal Revenue Service or other states and also analyze cybersecurity concerns in such systems. The bill requires a report to the General Assembly no later than January 1, 2021.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0414** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0414)
2. **Committee substitute printed 21103294D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2060H1)
3. **HB2060ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2060ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100872D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2060)

## Votes

- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (11-Y 0-N) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carrie E. Coyner — primary (person)
- G. "John" Avoli — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
- Martha M. Mugler — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100872D `introduction`
- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-16** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-17** Impact statement from TAX (HB2060)
- **2021-01-19** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-19** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (11-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-20** Committee substitute printed 21103294D-H1 `substitution`
- **2021-01-20** Reported from Finance with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-21** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-01-22** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-01-22** Committee substitute agreed to 21103294D-H1
- **2021-01-22** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2060H1
- **2021-01-25** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-25** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-01-26** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-15** Impact statement from TAX (HB2060H1)
- **2021-02-16** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-17** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-22** Enrolled
- **2021-02-22** Signed by President
- **2021-02-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-24** Impact statement from TAX (HB2060ER)
- **2021-02-25** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
- **2021-02-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-30** Approved by Governor-Chapter 414 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6620db91-f91c-4a00-9242-65ab26f5ca93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).