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type: "Bill"
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title: "Transient occupancy tax; certain counties."
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description: "Transient occupancy tax; certain counties.Adds Appomattox, Mathews, Middlesex, and New Kent Counties to thelist of counties that may impose a transient occupancy tax at a rate above two percent, but not to exceed five percent. The revenue attributableto a rate in excess of two percent shall be used solely for tourismand travel purposes. Current law allows all counties to impose atransient occupancy tax at a rate not to exceed two percent."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 1262"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1262 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["M. Keith Hodges"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-01-08"
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last_action: "2020-03-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05b0e6d5-b162-48e8-97be-08cdeb85ca9e"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1262"
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source_hash: "2f054c3215f49a06e13edd78ccbca26addeadbc93e06aa2018523e304a4de223"
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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 1262 (2020) — Transient occupancy tax; certain counties.
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Transient occupancy tax; certain counties.Adds Appomattox, Mathews, Middlesex, and New Kent Counties to thelist of counties that may impose a transient occupancy tax at a rate above two percent, but not to exceed five percent. The revenue attributableto a rate in excess of two percent shall be used solely for tourismand travel purposes. Current law allows all counties to impose atransient occupancy tax at a rate not to exceed two percent.
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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. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0330)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0330)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1262ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1262ER)
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3. **Impact statement from TAX (HB1262)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1262)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Passage (80-Y 18-N) — **79–18** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (32-Y 6-N) — **32–6** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 2-N) — **8–2** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance (18-Y 4-N) — **18–4** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- M. Keith Hodges — primary (person)
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- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103023D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-14** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-15** Impact statement from TAX (HB1262)
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- **2020-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 2-N)
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- **2020-02-05** Reported from Finance (18-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-07** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-10** Read third time and passed House (80-Y 18-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-10** VOTE: Passage (80-Y 18-N)
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- **2020-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-02-11** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-19** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-21** Passed Senate (32-Y 6-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-26** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-02** Impact statement from TAX (HB1262ER)
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- **2020-03-05** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2020
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- **2020-03-05** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Approved by Governor-Chapter 330 (effective 7/1/20) `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/05b0e6d5-b162-48e8-97be-08cdeb85ca9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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