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| Bill | License taxes; local gas road improvement/Va. Coalfield Economic Development Authority tax, sunset. | License taxes; local gas road improvement and Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority tax; sunset. Extends from January 1, 2026, to January 1, 2028, the expiration date for provisions permitting any county or city to impose a license tax at a rate not to exceed one percent on every person engaged in the business of severing gases from the earth for the purposes of funding improvements to public roads or as otherwise provided for the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | HB 1579 | Virginia HB 1579 (2025) |
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Virginia HB 1579 (2025) — License taxes; local gas road improvement/Va. Coalfield Economic Development Authority tax, sunset.
License taxes; local gas road improvement and Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority tax; sunset. Extends from January 1, 2026, to January 1, 2028, the expiration date for provisions permitting any county or city to impose a license tax at a rate not to exceed one percent on every person engaged in the business of severing gases from the earth for the purposes of funding improvements to public roads or as otherwise provided for the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (91-Y 7-N) — 91–7 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — 7–1 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance (19-Y 2-N 1-A) — 19–2 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- James W. Morefield — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2024-12-31 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102138D
filing, introduction - 2024-12-31 Referred to Committee on Finance
referral-committee - 2025-01-10 Impact statement from TAX (HB1579)
- 2025-01-17 Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1
referral-committee - 2025-01-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
- 2025-01-22 Reported from Finance (19-Y 2-N 1-A)
committee-passage - 2025-01-24 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-01-27 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2025-01-28 Read third time and passed House (91-Y 7-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2025-01-29 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2025-02-12 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-13 Rules suspended
- 2025-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 2025-02-13 Passed by for the day
- 2025-02-14 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-14 Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-19 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-02-19 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1579ER)
passage - 2025-02-19 Impact statement from TAX (HB1579)
- 2025-02-19 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-02-22 Signed by President
passage - 2025-03-03 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2025-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-19 Approved by Governor-Chapter 116 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-19 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0116)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/167f3e32-24ca-45e8-b4ac-f11718de5d41. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).