Retail Sales and Use Tax; lowers job threshold to receive exemption for certain computer equipment. (HB1298)

Introduced By

Del. Anne Crockett-Stark (R-Wytheville)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Sales and use tax exemption; certain computer equipment used in large data centers.  Lowers the new job threshold to receive the sales and use tax exemption from 50 new employees to 25 for a data center located in either a locality with an unemployment rate at least 0.5 percent higher than the state average or located in an enterprise zone. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/21/2010Committee
01/21/2010Unanimous consent to introduce
01/21/2010Presented and ordered printed 10104253D
01/21/2010Referred to Committee on Finance
01/25/2010Assigned Finance sub: #1
02/02/2010Impact statement from TAX (HB1298)
02/03/2010Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
02/10/2010Reported from Finance with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
02/10/2010Reported from Finance with amendment (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/12/2010Read first time
02/15/2010Read second time
02/15/2010Committee amendment agreed to
02/15/2010Engrossed by House as amended HB1298E
02/15/2010Printed as engrossed 10104253D-E
02/16/2010Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
02/16/2010VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/17/2010Constitutional reading dispensed
02/17/2010Referred to Committee on Finance
02/19/2010Impact statement from TAX (HB1298E)
03/02/2010Reported from Finance (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/03/2010Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/03/2010Read third time
03/03/2010Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/03/2010Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/03/2010Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/05/2010Impact statement from TAX (HB1298ER)
03/10/2010Enrolled
03/10/2010Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1298ER)
03/11/2010Signed by Speaker
03/13/2010Signed by President
04/13/2010Governor's recommendation received by House
04/20/2010Placed on Calendar
04/21/2010House concurred in Governor's recommendation (94-Y 0-N)
04/21/2010VOTE: --- ADOPTION (94-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
04/21/2010Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
04/21/2010G Governor's recommendation adopted
04/21/2010Reenrolled
04/21/2010Reenrolled bill text (HB1298ER2)
04/21/2010Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
04/21/2010Signed by President as reenrolled
04/21/2010Enacted, Chapter 866 (effective 7/1/10)
04/21/2010G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0866)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 2 clips in all, totaling 2 minutes.