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| Bill | Motion picture production; increases aggregate cap on tax credit, extends sunset. | Motion picture production tax credit; sunset extended. Extends the motion picture production tax credit sunset date from taxable year 2026 to taxable year 2030. This bill is identical to SB 612. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 400 | Virginia HB 400 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 400 (2026) — Motion picture production; increases aggregate cap on tax credit, extends sunset.
Motion picture production tax credit; sunset extended. Extends the motion picture production tax credit sunset date from taxable year 2026 to taxable year 2030. This bill is identical to SB 612.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Finance Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Senator Pillion Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Subcommittee #1 Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- H VOTE: — 73–23 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 24–16 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 70–24 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance with amendment(s) — 18–3 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 25–15 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 12–3 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 11–0 (pass) · lower
- Reconsider R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Charniele L. Herring — primary (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105056D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-12 Referred to Committee on Finance
referral-committee - 2026-01-20 Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (1/20/2026 4:03 pm)
- 2026-02-05 Assigned HFIN sub: Subcommittee #1
referral-committee - 2026-02-09 House subcommittee offered
- 2026-02-09 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (11-Y 0-N)
- 2026-02-11 Reported from Finance with amendment(s) (18-Y 3-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-13 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-16 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-16 committee amendments agreed to
amendment-passage - 2026-02-16 Engrossed by House as amended
- 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed House (74-Y 23-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2026-02-19 Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (2/19/2026 1:51 pm)
- 2026-03-03 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 3-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-03 Rules suspended
- 2026-03-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-03 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 2026-03-04 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-04 Floor offered Senator Pillion Substitute
- 2026-03-04 Reading of substitute waived
- 2026-03-04 Senator Pillion Substitute agreed to
- 2026-03-04 Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute
- 2026-03-04 Passed Senate with substitute (25-Y 15-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-04 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-04 Passed Senate with substitute (24-Y 16-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-04 Senate substitute agreed to by House (70-Y 24-N 0-A)
substitution - 2026-03-11 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-11 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB400ER)
passage - 2026-03-11 Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (3/11/2026 9:17 am)
- 2026-03-11 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-12 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-14 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-14 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 795 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/36ae0342-d91e-4799-aae8-4b532d10bb2a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).