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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Tax Amnesty Program; established."
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description: "Establishes the Virginia Tax Amnesty Program to be administered by the Department of Taxation (the Department) during the 2017-2018 fiscal year for not less than 60 nor more than 75 days, as determined by the Tax Commissioner. The Program will be open to any taxpayer that is required but has failed to file a return or to pay any tax administered by the Department. All civil or criminal penalties assessed or assessable and one-half of the interest assessed or assessable, resulting from nonpayment, underpayment, nonreporting, or underreporting of tax liabilities, will be waived upon payment of the taxes and interest. For purposes of implementing the Program, the Department is exempt from the project management and procurement oversight of the Virginia Information Technologies Agency. This bill is identical to"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 2246"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2246 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Taxation"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["S. Chris Jones"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2017-01-11"
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last_action: "2017-02-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a13aa22e-c7ed-4a0b-b9c4-0929bd68df2a"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2246"
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source_hash: "b0a25852480d84d528ae6ae315fd72afe46653bc1491360175438dc630623140"
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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 2246 (2017) — Virginia Tax Amnesty Program; established.
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Establishes the Virginia Tax Amnesty Program to be administered by the Department of Taxation (the Department) during the 2017-2018 fiscal year for not less than 60 nor more than 75 days, as determined by the Tax Commissioner. The Program will be open to any taxpayer that is required but has failed to file a return or to pay any tax administered by the Department. All civil or criminal penalties assessed or assessable and one-half of the interest assessed or assessable, resulting from nonpayment, underpayment, nonreporting, or underreporting of tax liabilities, will be waived upon payment of the taxes and interest. For purposes of implementing the Program, the Department is exempt from the project management and procurement oversight of the Virginia Information Technologies Agency. This bill is identical to
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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. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0053)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0053)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2246ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2246ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101767D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2246)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed House — **94–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Finance — **21–1** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–1** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Finance — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- S. Chris Jones — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101767D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-11** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-17** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-01** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-02** Read third time and passed House (94-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-02-03** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-10** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-14** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-14** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-15** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-15** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/15/17
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- **2017-02-15** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2017
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- **2017-02-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 53 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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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/a13aa22e-c7ed-4a0b-b9c4-0929bd68df2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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