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type: "Bill"
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title: "Tangible personal property tax; establishes classification for electric landscaping equipment."
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description: "Tangible personal property tax; electric landscaping equipment. Establishes a separate classification of tangible personal property for electric-powered landscaping equipment employed in a trade or business and used to maintain commercial, public, or private gardens, lawns, trees, shrubs, or other plants, including lawn mowers, edgers, trimmers, leaf blowers, and chainsaws. Such property may be taxed by a locality at a rate not to exceed that applied to the general class of tangible personal property."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 557"
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citation: "Virginia HB 557 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Atoosa R. Reaser"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2026-01-13"
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last_action: "2026-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cfce10ec-b2c8-4f79-a3e3-baa7037b6586"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB557"
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source_hash: "e6d3ac71b28e281f42136cad0aa321a2a03f9d12520a86285dadcd8104907f2b"
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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 557 (2026) — Tangible personal property tax; establishes classification for electric landscaping equipment.
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Tangible personal property tax; electric landscaping equipment. Establishes a separate classification of tangible personal property for electric-powered landscaping equipment employed in a trade or business and used to maintain commercial, public, or private gardens, lawns, trees, shrubs, or other plants, including lawn mowers, edgers, trimmers, leaf blowers, and chainsaws. Such property may be taxed by a locality at a rate not to exceed that applied to the general class of tangible personal property.
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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/1084929.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217702.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194070.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **62–35** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — **9–4** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance — **15–7** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–3** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **21–19** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Atoosa R. Reaser — primary (person)
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- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100257D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-19** Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (1/19/2026 3:14 pm)
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- **2026-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 3-N)
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- **2026-02-03** Assigned HFIN sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-04** Reported from Finance (15-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-09** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-10** Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-11** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-25** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-26** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-26** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-26** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-27** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-03-02** Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-06** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-06** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB557ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-06** Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (3/6/2026 11:35 am)
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- **2026-03-06** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-06** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 403 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0403)
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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/cfce10ec-b2c8-4f79-a3e3-baa7037b6586`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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