republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-954.md

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Bill	Rounding procedures; taxes and fees calculated, report.	Rounding procedures. Provides for rounding procedures in certain cash transactions and authorizes the governing body of a locality to by ordinance set temporary procedures for the adjustment of bills and account balances for taxes and other charges due to the locality to account for the cessation of production of the penny coin by the United States Mint until July 1, 2027. The bill also directs the Department of Taxation to evaluate options and recommend a uniform procedure for such adjustments and balances for all localities of the Commonwealth and report its findings and recommendations no later than November 1, 2026.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 954	Virginia HB 954 (2026)	bill		enacted	Vivian E. Watts	5	35	7	2026-01-13	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/9157a2a1-654f-4e64-a79d-c0e0c431c05a	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB954	942d57b1ecc53500db710498b8684da8e5c26458125c93a4babfd3f997c44b41	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 954 (2026) — Rounding procedures; taxes and fees calculated, report.

Rounding procedures. Provides for rounding procedures in certain cash transactions and authorizes the governing body of a locality to by ordinance set temporary procedures for the adjustment of bills and account balances for taxes and other charges due to the locality to account for the cessation of production of the penny coin by the United States Mint until July 1, 2027. The bill also directs the Department of Taxation to evaluate options and recommend a uniform procedure for such adjustments and balances for all localities of the Commonwealth and report its findings and recommendations no later than November 1, 2026.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Finance Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Finance and Appropriations Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance with substitute — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 96–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Vivian E. Watts — primary (person)
• Stacey Annie Carroll — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102500D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2026-01-26 Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (1/26/2026 9:36 pm)
• 2026-02-06 Assigned HFIN sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2026-02-09 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-02-10 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-02-10 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2026-02-11 Reported from Finance with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-12 Committee substitute printed 26107179D-H1 substitution
• 2026-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-16 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-16 committee substitute agreed to substitution
• 2026-02-16 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-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
• 2026-02-21 Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (2/21/2026 3:02 pm)
• 2026-03-03 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-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 Committee substitute printed 26109042D-S1 substitution
• 2026-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-04 Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
• 2026-03-04 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-03-04 Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-06 Senate substitute agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) substitution
• 2026-03-13 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-13 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB954ER) passage
• 2026-03-13 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-13 Signed by President 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
• 2026-03-23 Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (3/23/2026 9:36 am)
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 713 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9157a2a1-654f-4e64-a79d-c0e0c431c05a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).