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type: "Bill"
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title: "Data centers; center fixtures are taxed as part of the real property where they are located, etc."
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description: "Property tax; data centers. Provides that if data center fixtures are taxed as part of the real property where they are located, they shall be valued based on depreciated reproduction or replacement cost, rather than based on the amount of income they generate. This bill is identical to SB 513."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "HB 791"
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citation: "Virginia HB 791 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Joseph P. McNamara"]
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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: "2022-01-11"
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last_action: "2022-04-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02a7984d-93e3-4aa1-b16f-8d1839cf72f5"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB791"
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source_hash: "a2612edc22ca94ca14fed23afbd92d9227250c352d957268a619f48d140c48c0"
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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 791 (2022) — Data centers; center fixtures are taxed as part of the real property where they are located, etc.
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Property tax; data centers. Provides that if data center fixtures are taxed as part of the real property where they are located, they shall be valued based on depreciated reproduction or replacement cost, rather than based on the amount of income they generate. This bill is identical to SB 513.
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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. **CHAP0671** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0671)
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2. **HB791ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB791ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104312D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB791)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Joseph P. McNamara — primary (person)
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- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104312D `introduction`
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- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-20** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-20** Impact statement from TAX (HB791)
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- **2022-01-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-01-26** Reported from Finance (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-01-28** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-01-31** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-01** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-01** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2022-02-02** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-22** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-24** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2022-02-28** Enrolled
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- **2022-02-28** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-02-28** Signed by President
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- **2022-03-01** Impact statement from TAX (HB791ER)
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- **2022-03-09** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 9, 2022
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- **2022-03-09** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
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- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 671 (effective 7/1/22) `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/02a7984d-93e3-4aa1-b16f-8d1839cf72f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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