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| Bill | Income tax, state; free tax filing program for individuals. | Department of Taxation; free tax filing program for individuals. Directs the Tax Commissioner to develop and offer a free individual state income tax filing program, effective beginning in taxable year 2028, that is similar to the federal Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Direct File Program as it existed during the 2025 tax filing season. The bill contains technical amendments that remove obsolete language regarding fillable forms. This bill is identical to SB 591. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 1180 | Virginia HB 1180 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 1180 (2026) — Income tax, state; free tax filing program for individuals.
Department of Taxation; free tax filing program for individuals. Directs the Tax Commissioner to develop and offer a free individual state income tax filing program, effective beginning in taxable year 2028, that is similar to the federal Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Direct File Program as it existed during the 2025 tax filing season. The bill contains technical amendments that remove obsolete language regarding fillable forms. This bill is identical to SB 591.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Finance Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Subcommittee #1 Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance with amendment(s) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 13–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Kimberly Pope Adams — primary (person)
- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Stacey Annie Carroll — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-14 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100215D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee on Finance
referral-committee - 2026-01-26 Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (1/26/2026 8:22 pm)
- 2026-02-02 House subcommittee offered
- 2026-02-02 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
- 2026-02-04 Reported from Finance with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-06 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-09 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-09 committee amendment agreed to
amendment-passage - 2026-02-09 Engrossed by House as amended
- 2026-02-10 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-11 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2026-02-16 Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (2/16/2026 2:27 pm)
- 2026-02-16 Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (2/16/2026 4:56 pm)
- 2026-02-17 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-18 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-18 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-18 Passed by for the day
- 2026-02-19 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-19 Passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-02-23 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-02-23 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1180ER)
passage - 2026-02-23 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-02-23 Signed by President
passage - 2026-02-24 Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (2/24/2026 7:54 am)
- 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-03-31 Approved by Governor-Chapter 31 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-03-31 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0031)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8f6ab617-caaa-481d-8664-894e853cdf7f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).