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type: "Bill"
title: "Data centers; center fixtures are taxed as part of the real property where they are located, etc."
description: "Property tax; data centers. Provides that if data center fixtures are taxed as part of the real property where they are located, they shall be valued based on depreciated reproduction or replacement cost, rather than based on the amount of income they generate. This bill is identical to HB 791."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 513"
citation: "Virginia SB 513 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeremy S. McPike"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8689f13-ac0b-4049-ab86-18211710a2c2"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB513"
source_hash: "7a27105db1333bb670695975e904c09c59eccae64a34bbad91835e29114fff7c"
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 SB 513 (2022) — Data centers; center fixtures are taxed as part of the real property where they are located, etc.
Property tax; data centers. Provides that if data center fixtures are taxed as part of the real property where they are located, they shall be valued based on depreciated reproduction or replacement cost, rather than based on the amount of income they generate. This bill is identical to HB 791.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0672** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0672)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104161D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB513)
3. **SB513ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB513ER)
## Votes
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 1-N 1-A) — **141** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N) — **971** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance (20-Y 1-N) — **201** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Jeremy S. McPike — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104161D `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Impact statement from TAX (SB513)
- **2022-02-08** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 1-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-10** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-11** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-21** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-21** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-21** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** Reported from Finance (20-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-25** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-28** Passed House (98-Y 1-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-28** VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N)
- **2022-03-02** Enrolled
- **2022-03-02** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-03** Signed by President
- **2022-03-04** Impact statement from TAX (SB513ER)
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 672 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b8689f13-ac0b-4049-ab86-18211710a2c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).