republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-1634.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sales and Use Tax; additional local tax in Halifax County."
description: "Authorizes Halifax County to impose an additional local sales and use tax at a rate not to exceed one percent, as determined by the governing body, if initiated by a resolution of the local governing body and approved by the voters at a referendum. The bill requires the governing body to specify in the enacting ordinance the time period, not to exceed 20 years, for which the tax would be imposed. Revenue from the tax shall be used solely for capital projects for new construction or major renovation of schools in Halifax County."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1634"
citation: "Virginia HB 1634 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Education", "Sales and Use Tax", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James E. Edmunds, II"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2018-11-07"
last_action: "2019-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6af3a9b2-708a-4978-8384-b243110ef022"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1634"
source_hash: "d75b4171df53897be2a3e2ffb84fc7d16b8aca320afb5e452c6e69b1909b2ca7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1634 (2019) — Sales and Use Tax; additional local tax in Halifax County.

Authorizes Halifax County to impose an additional local sales and use tax at a rate not to exceed one percent, as determined by the governing body, if initiated by a resolution of the local governing body and approved by the voters at a referendum. The bill requires the governing body to specify in the enacting ordinance the time period, not to exceed 20 years, for which the tax would be imposed. Revenue from the tax shall be used solely for capital projects for new construction or major renovation of schools in Halifax County.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0648)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0648)
2. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB1634)
3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1634ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1634ER)
4. **House: Committee substitute printed 19104414D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1634H1)
5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100979D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1634)
6. **Senate amendments engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB1634ASE)

## Votes

- Passed Senate with amendment — **29–11** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House — **74–23** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance with substitute — **13–8** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendment agreed to by House — **77–23** (pass) · lower
- Failed to report (defeated) in Finance — **9–11** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Finance with amendment — **9–4** (pass) · upper
- Pending question ordered — **26–14** (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **4–2** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendment — **30–10** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendment agreed to by House — **75–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- James E. Edmunds, II — primary (person)
- Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100979D `introduction`
- **2018-11-07** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-18** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** Reconsidered by Finance
- **2019-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-04** Committee substitute agreed to 19104414D-H1
- **2019-02-04** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1634H1
- **2019-02-05** Read third time and passed House (74-Y 23-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** Passed by for the day
- **2019-02-15** Passed by for the day
- **2019-02-18** Passed by for the day
- **2019-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-19** Reading of amendment waived
- **2019-02-19** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2019-02-19** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2019-02-20** Senate amendment agreed to by House (75-Y 24-N)
- **2019-02-20** Reconsideration of Senate amendment agreed to by House
- **2019-02-20** Senate amendment agreed to by House (77-Y 23-N)
- **2019-02-22** Enrolled
- **2019-02-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-22** Signed by President
- **2019-03-04** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
- **2019-03-04** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-19** Approved by Governor-Chapter 648 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6af3a9b2-708a-4978-8384-b243110ef022`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).