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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public facilities; bonds issued for construction, municipal authority to retain certain tax revenue."
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description: "Extends until July 1, 2020, the authority of any municipality to issue bonds for the construction of certain public facilities and retain sales and use tax revenue generated within such facilities to pay off such bonds. Under current law, such authority expired on July 1, 2017."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "HB 179"
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citation: "Virginia HB 179 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Bond Issues", "Public Buildings", "Facilities and Property", "Sales and Use Tax", "Taxation"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Christopher E. Collins"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2017-12-23"
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last_action: "2018-02-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a312d77-74c1-4c40-8fd8-e2eca6963473"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB179"
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source_hash: "262c1b47e3e7e6c41c516374ebefd234991bc8d47edcc0ff7434ddc7d679b8b7"
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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 179 (2018) — Public facilities; bonds issued for construction, municipal authority to retain certain tax revenue.
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Extends until July 1, 2020, the authority of any municipality to issue bonds for the construction of certain public facilities and retain sales and use tax revenue generated within such facilities to pay off such bonds. Under current law, such authority expired on July 1, 2017.
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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 (CHAP0025)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0025)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB179ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB179ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101412D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB179)
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4. **House: Printed as engrossed 18101412D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB179E)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Finance with amendment — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Finance — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Christopher E. Collins — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-12-23** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101412D `introduction`
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- **2017-12-23** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2018-01-25** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2018-01-25** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2018-01-25** Engrossed by House as amended HB179E
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- **2018-01-25** Printed as engrossed 18101412D-E
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- **2018-01-26** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2018-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2018-01-29** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-19** Enrolled
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- **2018-02-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 25 (effective 7/1/18) `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/1a312d77-74c1-4c40-8fd8-e2eca6963473`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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