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type: "Bill"
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title: "Income tax, state; free tax filing program for individuals."
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description: "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 HB 1180."
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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: "SB 591"
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citation: "Virginia SB 591 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jeremy S. McPike"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2026-01-14"
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last_action: "2026-03-31"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ea0b9bc-6e8c-46e3-ab42-6af33b41a887"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB591"
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source_hash: "0cace70b56178ae640dd6662b3c5a472011de675a282053aa688adaeaa4e9626"
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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 SB 591 (2026) — Income tax, state; free tax filing program for individuals.
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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 HB 1180.
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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/1090970.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1214909.PDF)
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3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1102091.PDF)
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4. **Finance and Appropriations Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1099226.HTML)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1177131.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passage R — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jeremy S. McPike — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100872D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-14** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-26** Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (1/26/2026 10:05 pm)
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- **2026-01-27** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-28** Rules suspended
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- **2026-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-01-28** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-01-28** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-01-29** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-01-29** Finance and Appropriations Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-01-29** Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-01-29** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2026-01-30** Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-04** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-04** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-17** Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (2/17/2026 6:35 pm)
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- **2026-02-18** Reported from Finance (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-23** Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-02-24** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-02-24** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB591ER) `passage`
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- **2026-02-24** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-02-26** Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (2/26/2026 3:31 pm)
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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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- **2026-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 32 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-31** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0032)
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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/4ea0b9bc-6e8c-46e3-ab42-6af33b41a887`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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