republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-453.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Income tax, state; property information and analytics firms, business operations, definitions."
description: "Income tax; property information and analytics firms. Allows property information and analytics firms that meet certain job creation and investment criteria to use market-based sourcing for the sale of services. The bill also sets forth numerous reporting requirements for such firms and for the Department of Taxation. The provisions of the bill shall not become effective until a memorandum of understanding is signed by a property information and analytics firm and the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority. This bill is identical to SB 346."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 453"
citation: "Virginia HB 453 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry D. Knight"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 39
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d262ccd-ff0e-40e9-acd7-ee423394445b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB453"
source_hash: "30ef4253281978a2be0ed028636a02601e8d5cf3feb2dec923f0bcc4ac207ba0"
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 453 (2022) — Income tax, state; property information and analytics firms, business operations, definitions.

Income tax; property information and analytics firms. Allows property information and analytics firms that meet certain job creation and investment criteria to use market-based sourcing for the sale of services. The bill also sets forth numerous reporting requirements for such firms and for the Department of Taxation. The provisions of the bill shall not become effective until a memorandum of understanding is signed by a property information and analytics firm and the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority. This bill is identical to SB 346.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0256** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0256)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22105789D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB453H1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 22107273D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB453S1)
4. **HB453ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB453ER)
5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103618D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB453)

## Votes

- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barry D. Knight — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103618D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-02** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-02** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-02** Committee substitute printed 22105789D-H1 `substitution`
- **2022-02-02** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-07** Committee substitute agreed to 22105789D-H1
- **2022-02-07** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB453H1
- **2022-02-07** Impact statement from TAX (HB453H1)
- **2022-02-08** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-08** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-08** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2022-02-08** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-08** VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-09** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-01** Committee substitute printed 22107273D-S1 `substitution`
- **2022-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** Reading of substitute waived
- **2022-03-02** Committee substitute agreed to 22107273D-S1
- **2022-03-02** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB453S1
- **2022-03-02** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-02** Senate substitute agreed to by House 22107273D-S1 (97-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-02** VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-07** Enrolled
- **2022-03-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-08** Signed by President
- **2022-03-10** Impact statement from TAX (HB453ER)
- **2022-03-11** Engrossed by House
- **2022-03-11** Agreed to by House by voice vote
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 256 (effective - see bill) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d262ccd-ff0e-40e9-acd7-ee423394445b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).