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type: "Bill"
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title: "Gas severance tax, local; extends sunset provision."
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description: "Extends the sunset date from January 1, 2020, to January 1, 2022, for the local gas severance tax that is dedicated to (i) the local Coal and Gas Road Improvement Fund, (ii) the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Fund, and (iii) water, sewer, and natural gas systems and lines. 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: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 2555"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2555 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Motor Fuels", "Taxation"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Todd E. Pillion"]
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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: "2019-01-09"
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last_action: "2019-02-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/caf37159-fbc1-409d-8483-d0c39cd300b7"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2555"
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source_hash: "e36161ad5095b41c191049f5f735c6792b25447447cb5fb8e4da0e2ac2340396"
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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 2555 (2019) — Gas severance tax, local; extends sunset provision.
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Extends the sunset date from January 1, 2020, to January 1, 2022, for the local gas severance tax that is dedicated to (i) the local Coal and Gas Road Improvement Fund, (ii) the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Fund, and (iii) water, sewer, and natural gas systems and lines. 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 (CHAP0024)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0024)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2555ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2555ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102440D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2555)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Finance — **20–2** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed House — **83–14** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Todd E. Pillion — primary (person)
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- Israel D. O'Quinn — cosponsor (person)
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- James W. Morefield — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102440D `introduction`
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- **2019-01-09** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-15** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2019-01-25** Read third time and passed House (83-Y 14-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-01-28** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-07** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-11** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-11** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-11** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 12, 2019
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- **2019-02-12** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 19, 2019
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- **2019-02-15** Approved by Governor-Chapter 24 (effective 7/1/19) `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/caf37159-fbc1-409d-8483-d0c39cd300b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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