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| Bill | Admissions tax in counties; retail sales and use tax dedicated to promotion of tourism. | Admissions tax in counties; retail sales and use tax dedicated to promotion of tourism. Allows a county in which a state sales and use tax of at least one percent that is at least partially dedicated to the promotion of tourism is imposed to levy a tax on admissions for attendance at an event. Under current law, any county may levy a tax on admissions for attendance at an event except such counties in which a state sales and use tax of at least one percent that is at least partially dedicated to the promotion of tourism is imposed. This bill is identical to SB 400. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 550 | Virginia HB 550 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 550 (2026) — Admissions tax in counties; retail sales and use tax dedicated to promotion of tourism.
Admissions tax in counties; retail sales and use tax dedicated to promotion of tourism. Allows a county in which a state sales and use tax of at least one percent that is at least partially dedicated to the promotion of tourism is imposed to levy a tax on admissions for attendance at an event. Under current law, any county may levy a tax on admissions for attendance at an event except such counties in which a state sales and use tax of at least one percent that is at least partially dedicated to the promotion of tourism is imposed. This bill is identical to SB 400.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Passage R — 24–14 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance — 15–7 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–3 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 8–5 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 60–37 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Jessica L. Anderson — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102130D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Finance
referral-committee - 2026-01-19 Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (1/19/2026 3:03 pm)
- 2026-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 3-N)
- 2026-01-28 Reported from Finance (15-Y 7-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-30 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-02 Passed by for the day
- 2026-02-03 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-02-04 Read third time and passed House (60-Y 37-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-05 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2026-02-17 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 5-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 (24-Y 14-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-02-23 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-02-23 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB550ER)
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 8:17 pm)
- 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 - 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 167 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0167)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/25aa2536-b18e-450d-bc02-6ec142aa4ebc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).