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type: "Bill"
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title: "Local taxation; tax extension for federal government shutdown."
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description: "Local taxation; extension for federal government shutdown. Allows a local governing body to provide an extension on personal property taxes owed by federal employees who are furloughed due to a federal government shutdown and essential federal employees who continue to work during such shutdown but do not receive immediate payment for such work as a result of such shutdown. The bill states that any such extension granted shall end and the taxes shall be due no later than 90 days following the reopening of the federal government."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 915"
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citation: "Virginia HB 915 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alfonso H. Lopez"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2026-01-13"
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last_action: "2026-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69496a91-68ea-4552-9c86-1f9283a49b0f"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB915"
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source_hash: "d52dea10ec02cb3a4fab49e1afe03fe68bd4c1df9ba4f5dac49ac1efa435719c"
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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 915 (2026) — Local taxation; tax extension for federal government shutdown.
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Local taxation; extension for federal government shutdown. Allows a local governing body to provide an extension on personal property taxes owed by federal employees who are furloughed due to a federal government shutdown and essential federal employees who continue to work during such shutdown but do not receive immediate payment for such work as a result of such shutdown. The bill states that any such extension granted shall end and the taxes shall be due no later than 90 days following the reopening of the federal government.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1086454.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216969.PDF)
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3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1128126.PDF)
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4. **Finance Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1127309.HTML)
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5. **Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1115539.HTML)
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6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1199960.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — **14–1** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **68–30** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance with amendment(s) — **20–2** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Alfonso H. Lopez — primary (person)
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- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
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- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
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- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102212D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-31** Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (1/31/2026 2:44 pm)
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- **2026-02-03** Assigned HFIN sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-03** House subcommittee offered
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- **2026-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-02-04** Reported from Finance with amendment(s) (20-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-09** committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-09** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2026-02-10** Read third time and passed House (68-Y 30-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-11** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-17** Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (2/17/2026 1:49 pm)
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- **2026-03-03** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-03** Rules suspended
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- **2026-03-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-03** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-04** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-11** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-11** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB915ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-11** Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (3/11/2026 8:55 am)
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- **2026-03-11** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-12** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 239 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0239)
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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/69496a91-68ea-4552-9c86-1f9283a49b0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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