republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-1631.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charlotte County; additional sales and use tax imposed."
description: "Additional sales and use tax in Charlotte County;appropriations to incorporated towns for educational purposes.Authorizes Charlotte County to impose an additional local sales anduse tax at a rate not to exceed one percent, as determined by thegoverning body, if initiated by a resolution of the local governingbody and approved by the voters at a referendum. The bill requires the governing body to specify in the enacting ordinance the timeperiod, not to exceed 20 years, for which the tax would be imposed.Revenue from the tax shall be used solely for capital projects fornew construction or major renovation of schools in the locality enactingthe tax. The bill removes the limiton the amount that Charlotte County may appropriate to an incorporatedtown that has not complied with the provisions of its charter relatingto the elections of local officials. Under current law, such amountis limited to the amount the town would have received from localsales and use tax for educational purposes if such election had been held. Under current law, only HalifaxCounty has the authority to impose such taxes and make such appropriations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1631"
citation: "Virginia HB 1631 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James E. Edmunds, II"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-16"
last_action: "2020-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7330557-8daa-4bd9-bc5c-1f2e5178faff"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1631"
source_hash: "7a3047d618423117b610ba37a7c9b8f7e858b676671a9667884c3496e8d53268"
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 1631 (2020) — Charlotte County; additional sales and use tax imposed.

Additional sales and use tax in Charlotte County;appropriations to incorporated towns for educational purposes.Authorizes Charlotte County to impose an additional local sales anduse tax at a rate not to exceed one percent, as determined by thegoverning body, if initiated by a resolution of the local governingbody and approved by the voters at a referendum. The bill requires the governing body to specify in the enacting ordinance the timeperiod, not to exceed 20 years, for which the tax would be imposed.Revenue from the tax shall be used solely for capital projects fornew construction or major renovation of schools in the locality enactingthe tax. The bill removes the limiton the amount that Charlotte County may appropriate to an incorporatedtown that has not complied with the provisions of its charter relatingto the elections of local officials. Under current law, such amountis limited to the amount the town would have received from localsales and use tax for educational purposes if such election had been held. Under current law, only HalifaxCounty has the authority to impose such taxes and make such appropriations.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0705)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0705)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1631ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1631ER)
3. **Impact statement from TAX (HB1631)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1631)

## Votes

- VOTE: Passage (73-Y 22-N) — **72–22** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (31-Y 9-N) — **31–9** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 3-N) — **13–3** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance (16-Y 6-N) — **16–6** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 2-N) — **8–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- James E. Edmunds, II — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-16** Presented and ordered printed 20105560D `introduction`
- **2020-01-16** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** Impact statement from TAX (HB1631)
- **2020-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 2-N)
- **2020-02-05** Reported from Finance (16-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-07** Passed by for the day
- **2020-02-10** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-11** Read third time and passed House (73-Y 22-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-11** VOTE: Passage (73-Y 22-N)
- **2020-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-12** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-21** Passed by for the day
- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate (31-Y 9-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-28** Enrolled
- **2020-02-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-02** Signed by President
- **2020-03-06** Impact statement from TAX (HB1631ER)
- **2020-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2020
- **2020-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 705 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7330557-8daa-4bd9-bc5c-1f2e5178faff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).