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type: "Bill"
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title: "License taxes; local gas road improvement/Va. Coalfield Economic Development Authority tax, sunset."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 1579"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1579 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["James W. Morefield"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2024-12-31"
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last_action: "2025-03-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/167f3e32-24ca-45e8-b4ac-f11718de5d41"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1579"
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source_hash: "8c27e93dc4e738c2fb9cb60b06dc5f58aff618081dc1eefaf8135f87c12cd8e2"
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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 HB 1579 (2025) — License taxes; local gas road improvement/Va. Coalfield Economic Development Authority tax, sunset.
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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.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1011994.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071294.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1054463.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House (91-Y 7-N) — **91–7** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance (19-Y 2-N 1-A) — **19–2** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- James W. Morefield — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-12-31** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102138D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-12-31** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-10** Impact statement from TAX (HB1579)
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- **2025-01-17** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
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- **2025-01-22** Reported from Finance (19-Y 2-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-28** Read third time and passed House (91-Y 7-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2025-01-29** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-12** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-13** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-13** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-14** Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-19** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-19** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1579ER) `passage`
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- **2025-02-19** Impact statement from TAX (HB1579)
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- **2025-02-19** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-02-22** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-03** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-19** Approved by Governor-Chapter 116 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-19** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0116)
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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/167f3e32-24ca-45e8-b4ac-f11718de5d41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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