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type: "Bill"
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title: "Sales tax; Historic Triangle regional tax, dedication of funds."
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description: "Sales tax; Historic Triangle regional tax; dedicationof funds. Requires the City of Williamsburg, James City County,and York County to appropriate annual amounts to entities promotingtourism and recreation in the Historic Triangle. Under current law,such localities receive state funds from the imposition of an extraone percent sales tax in the Historic Triangle. Thebill establishes the Williamsburg Tourism Council (the Council) asan advisory board in the legislative branch of state government, removesthe Chief Executive Officer of the Virginia Tourism Alliance fromthe membership of the Council, and replaces him with the Chair ofthe Greater Williamsburg Chamber of Commerce."
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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: "SB 438"
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citation: "Virginia SB 438 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Thomas K. Norment, Jr."]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 29
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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/4f638695-053c-43ac-9c7d-bcc8adb25abd"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB438"
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source_hash: "fdde446c1d114e15bdd03c36fb291b4d1c1c6cd84b5f94d79952e83c56bd0b35"
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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 SB 438 (2022) — Sales tax; Historic Triangle regional tax, dedication of funds.
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Sales tax; Historic Triangle regional tax; dedicationof funds. Requires the City of Williamsburg, James City County,and York County to appropriate annual amounts to entities promotingtourism and recreation in the Historic Triangle. Under current law,such localities receive state funds from the imposition of an extraone percent sales tax in the Historic Triangle. Thebill establishes the Williamsburg Tourism Council (the Council) asan advisory board in the legislative branch of state government, removesthe Chief Executive Officer of the Virginia Tourism Alliance fromthe membership of the Council, and replaces him with the Chair ofthe Greater Williamsburg Chamber of Commerce.
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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. **CHAP0652** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0652)
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2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103724D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB438)
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3. **Printed as engrossed 22103724D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB438E)
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4. **SB438ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB438ER)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) — **39–1** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (80-Y 16-N) — **80–15** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance (18-Y 4-N) — **18–4** (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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- Thomas K. Norment, Jr. — primary (person)
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- T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — 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 22103724D `introduction`
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- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-20** Impact statement from TAX (SB438)
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- **2022-01-26** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2022-01-26** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-01-28** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-01-28** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2022-01-28** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2022-01-28** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB438E
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- **2022-01-28** Printed as engrossed 22103724D-E
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- **2022-01-31** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-20** Impact statement from TAX (SB438E)
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- **2022-02-22** Placed on Calendar
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- **2022-02-22** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-22** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
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- **2022-02-28** Reported from Finance (18-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-03-01** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-02** Passed House (80-Y 16-N) `passage`
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- **2022-03-02** VOTE: Passage (80-Y 16-N)
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- **2022-03-07** Enrolled
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- **2022-03-08** Impact statement from TAX (SB438ER)
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- **2022-03-08** Signed by President
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- **2022-03-08** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
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- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
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- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 652 (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/4f638695-053c-43ac-9c7d-bcc8adb25abd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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