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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Income tax, state; refunds for individuals or married persons filing a joint return."
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description: "Income tax refunds for individuals or married persons filing a joint return. Provides an income tax refund for individuals and for married persons filing a joint return for taxable year 2021 in an amount specifically set forth in the general appropriation act passed during the 2022 Session of the General Assembly. The bill provides that the refund shall not exceed the taxpayer's tax liability."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "SB 579"
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citation: "Virginia SB 579 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Emmett W. Hanger, Jr."]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 80
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vote_count: 18
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first_action: "2022-01-12"
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last_action: "2022-08-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05f9bb87-7d65-4e41-90c4-c8f0ecc624e3"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB579"
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source_hash: "174f6fd359f49cc957d91303d7f08c0c5659d87b217840d11437879348aaca30"
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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 579 (2022) — Income tax, state; refunds for individuals or married persons filing a joint return.
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Income tax refunds for individuals or married persons filing a joint return. Provides an income tax refund for individuals and for married persons filing a joint return for taxable year 2021 in an amount specifically set forth in the general appropriation act passed during the 2022 Session of the General Assembly. The bill provides that the refund shall not exceed the taxpayer's tax liability.
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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. **CHAP0022** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0022)
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2. **SB579** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB579)
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3. **SB579ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB579ER)
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4. **SB579H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB579H1)
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5. **SB579S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB579S1)
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## Votes
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- House substitute rejected by Senate (15-Y 25-N) — **15–25** (fail) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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- Reported from Finance with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- VOTE: Adoption (89-Y 0-N) — **49–49** (fail) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- House substitute rejected by Senate (15-Y 25-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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- Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — primary (person)
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- Frank M. Ruff, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100746D `introduction`
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- **2022-01-12** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-30** Impact statement from TAX (SB579)
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- **2022-02-03** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2022-02-08** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2022-02-08** Committee substitute printed 22106101D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2022-02-08** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-10** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2022-02-10** Committee substitute agreed to 22106101D-S1
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- **2022-02-10** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB579S1
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- **2022-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-10** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2022-02-20** Impact statement from TAX (SB579S1)
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- **2022-02-21** Placed on Calendar
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- **2022-02-21** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-21** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-23** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2022-02-23** Reported from Finance with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-23** Committee substitute printed 22106930D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2022-02-25** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-28** Committee substitute agreed to 22106930D-H1
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- **2022-02-28** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB579H1
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- **2022-02-28** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2022-02-28** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-03-02** House substitute rejected by Senate (15-Y 25-N)
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- **2022-03-03** House insisted on substitute
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- **2022-03-03** House requested conference committee
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- **2022-03-07** Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-03-07** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2022-03-09** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2022-03-12** Continued to 2022 Sp. Sess. 1 pursuant to HJR455
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- **2022-06-17** Amended by conference committee
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- **2022-06-17** Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-06-17** Conference report agreed to by House (89-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-06-17** VOTE: Adoption (89-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-07-20** Enrolled
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- **2022-07-20** Impact statement from TAX (SB579ER)
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- **2022-07-20** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-07-21** Signed by President
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- **2022-07-28** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on July 28, 2022
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- **2022-07-28** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., August 4, 2022
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- **2022-08-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 22 (effective on the 1st day of the 4th month following the month `executive-signature`
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- **2022-08-04** of adjournment of the 2022 Special Session l)
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- **2022-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100746D `introduction`
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- **2022-01-12** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-30** Impact statement from TAX (SB579)
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- **2022-02-03** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2022-02-08** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2022-02-08** Committee substitute printed 22106101D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2022-02-08** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-10** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2022-02-10** Committee substitute agreed to 22106101D-S1
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- **2022-02-10** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB579S1
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- **2022-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-10** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2022-02-20** Impact statement from TAX (SB579S1)
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- **2022-02-21** Placed on Calendar
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- **2022-02-21** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-21** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-23** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2022-02-23** Reported from Finance with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-23** Committee substitute printed 22106930D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2022-02-25** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-28** Committee substitute agreed to 22106930D-H1
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- **2022-02-28** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB579H1
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- **2022-02-28** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2022-02-28** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-03-02** House substitute rejected by Senate (15-Y 25-N)
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- **2022-03-03** House insisted on substitute
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- **2022-03-03** House requested conference committee
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- **2022-03-07** Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-03-07** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2022-03-09** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2022-03-12** Continued to 2022 Sp. Sess. 1 pursuant to HJR455
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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/05f9bb87-7d65-4e41-90c4-c8f0ecc624e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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