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type: "Bill"
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title: "Transient occupancy tax; removes 7/1/21, sunset date from Arlington County's authority to impose."
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description: "Transient occupancy tax; Arlington County. Removes the July 1, 2021, sunset date from Arlington County's authority to impose a transient occupancy tax at a rate not to exceed 0.25 percent to be used for the purpose of promoting tourism and business travel in the county. Under current law, in addition to this tax, Arlington County is authorized to impose a transient occupancy tax at a rate not to exceed five percent. This bill is identical to SB 107."
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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 62"
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citation: "Virginia HB 62 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Patrick A. Hope"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2019-12-04"
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last_action: "2020-03-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b443c2c-4966-44b6-ac38-0735629e6c01"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB62"
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source_hash: "476bbe1c6df9a1bffbccbe1ae805cdf8e014bfe25b2490ed7fc93bea25e4fea8"
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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 62 (2020) — Transient occupancy tax; removes 7/1/21, sunset date from Arlington County's authority to impose.
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Transient occupancy tax; Arlington County. Removes the July 1, 2021, sunset date from Arlington County's authority to impose a transient occupancy tax at a rate not to exceed 0.25 percent to be used for the purpose of promoting tourism and business travel in the county. Under current law, in addition to this tax, Arlington County is authorized to impose a transient occupancy tax at a rate not to exceed five percent. This bill is identical to SB 107.
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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 (CHAP0238)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0238)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB62ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB62ER)
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3. **Impact statement from TAX (HB62)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB62)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Finance (15-Y 7-N) — **15–7** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 0-N) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (34-Y 6-N) — **34–6** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N) — **6–2** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (76-Y 22-N) — **75–22** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)
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- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-12-04** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100760D `introduction`
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- **2019-12-04** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-13** Impact statement from TAX (HB62)
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- **2020-01-14** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
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- **2020-01-22** Reported from Finance (15-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-28** Passed by for the day
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- **2020-01-29** Read third time and passed House (76-Y 22-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-01-29** VOTE: Passage (76-Y 22-N)
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- **2020-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-01-30** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-18** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-20** Passed Senate (34-Y 6-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-25** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-25** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-02-26** Signed by President
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- **2020-02-27** Impact statement from TAX (HB62ER)
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- **2020-03-03** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2020
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- **2020-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 10, 2020
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- **2020-03-10** Approved by Governor-Chapter 238 (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/8b443c2c-4966-44b6-ac38-0735629e6c01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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