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type: "Bill"
title: "Local gas severance tax; extends sunset date."
description: "Local gas severance tax; sunset date. Extendsthe sunset date from January 1, 2022, to January 1, 2024, for authorityto impose an additional local gas severance tax that is dedicatedto (i) the local Coal and Gas Road Improvement Fund; (ii) the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Fund; and (iii) water, sewer, andnatural gas systems and lines."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2293"
citation: "Virginia HB 2293 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James W. Morefield"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-01-16"
last_action: "2021-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a72ea6d6-3cb5-4fbf-8cd2-e4e71ddbf1f2"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2293"
source_hash: "d98ea5df75ce12799214e04f004628662fb84cd19dc0e51ad80319f5efcea827"
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 2293 (2021) — Local gas severance tax; extends sunset date.
Local gas severance tax; sunset date. Extendsthe sunset date from January 1, 2022, to January 1, 2024, for authorityto impose an additional local gas severance tax that is dedicatedto (i) the local Coal and Gas Road Improvement Fund; (ii) the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Fund; and (iii) water, sewer, andnatural gas systems and lines.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0430** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0430)
2. **HB2293ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2293ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 21102698D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2293)
## Votes
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **160** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — **100** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance (21-Y 0-N) — **210** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **160** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- James W. Morefield — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-16** Presented and ordered printed 21102698D `introduction`
- **2021-01-16** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20** Impact statement from TAX (HB2293)
- **2021-01-23** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-27** Reported from Finance (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-28** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-01-29** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-01-29** Passed by temporarily
- **2021-01-29** Engrossed by House
- **2021-02-01** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-01** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-02-02** 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)
- **2021-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-17** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-18** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-18** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-18** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-22** Enrolled
- **2021-02-22** Signed by President
- **2021-02-24** Impact statement from TAX (HB2293ER)
- **2021-02-24** Signed by Speaker
- **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 430 (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/a72ea6d6-3cb5-4fbf-8cd2-e4e71ddbf1f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).