Transient occupancy tax; adds Counties of Madison, etc., to list of localities that may impose. (HB1452)
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Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Description
Transient occupancy tax; Madison County. Adds Madison County to the list of counties that may impose a transient occupancy tax rate up to three percent in addition to the two percent rate available to all counties (a total maximum tax rate of five percent). All revenue from the additional three percent rate shall be used solely for travel and tourism. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Passed
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 11/22/2010 | Committee |
| 11/22/2010 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/11 11100547D |
| 11/22/2010 | Referred to Committee on Finance |
| 01/17/2011 | Assigned Finance sub: #2 |
| 01/19/2011 | Impact statement from TAX (HB1452) |
| 01/19/2011 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) |
| 01/24/2011 | Reported from Finance with substitute (14-Y 8-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/24/2011 | Committee substitute printed 11104581D-H1 |
| 01/24/2011 | Incorporates HB1634 |
| 01/24/2011 | Incorporates HB 1467 |
| 01/24/2011 | Incorporates HB1711 |
| 01/25/2011 | Read first time |
| 01/26/2011 | Read second time |
| 01/26/2011 | Committee substitute agreed to 11104581D-H1 |
| 01/26/2011 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1452H1 |
| 01/27/2011 | Read third time and passed House (72-Y 27-N) |
| 01/27/2011 | VOTE: PASSAGE (72-Y 27-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/28/2011 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 01/28/2011 | Referred to Committee on Finance |
| 02/07/2011 | Impact statement from TAX (HB1452H1) |
| 02/08/2011 | Reported from Finance (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/09/2011 | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/10/2011 | Passed by for the day |
| 02/11/2011 | Passed by for the day |
| 02/14/2011 | Passed by for the day |
| 02/15/2011 | Passed by for the day |
| 02/16/2011 | Passed by for the day |
| 02/17/2011 | Read third time |
| 02/17/2011 | Reading of amendment waived |
| 02/17/2011 | Amendment by Senator Saslaw agreed to (24-Y 15-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/17/2011 | Motion to recommit to committee rejected (14-Y 25-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/17/2011 | Passed by for the day |
| 02/18/2011 | Read third time |
| 02/18/2011 | Engrossed by Senate as amended |
| 02/18/2011 | Passed Senate with amendment (22-Y 18-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/21/2011 | Placed on Calendar |
| 02/22/2011 | Senate amendment rejected by House (9-Y 88-N) |
| 02/22/2011 | VOTE: REJECTED (9-Y 88-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/23/2011 | Senate insisted on amendment (29-Y 9-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/23/2011 | Senate requested conference committee |
| 02/24/2011 | House acceded to request |
| 02/24/2011 | Conferees appointed by Senate |
| 02/24/2011 | Senators: Saslaw, Hanger, Miller, Y.B. |
| 02/24/2011 | Conferees appointed by House |
| 02/24/2011 | Delegates: Scott, E.T., Orrock, Lewis |
| 02/25/2011 | Conference report agreed to by Senate (37-Y 2-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/25/2011 | Reconsideration of conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/25/2011 | Conference report agreed to by Senate (36-Y 4-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/25/2011 | Conference report agreed to by House (82-Y 14-N) |
| 02/25/2011 | VOTE: ADOPTION (82-Y 14-N) (see vote tally) |
| 03/03/2011 | Enrolled |
| 03/03/2011 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1452ER) |
| 03/03/2011 | Signed by Speaker |
| 03/06/2011 | Signed by President |
| 03/09/2011 | Impact statement from TAX (HB1452ER) |
| 03/23/2011 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 385 (effective 7/1/11) |
| 03/23/2011 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0385) |
Comments
This bill has been loaded down with amendments by Senate Democrats to turn it into a partisan weapon against Republicans. As it's now amended, it'd prohibit a couple of dozen of Republican-leaning municipalities (including Virginia Beach) from collecting taxes on hotel rooms. But the House of Delegates is just going to strip out that amendments, so it's not clear (at least to me) what the purpose of this was.
The purpose is to try to embarrass the Republicans by showing them taking out the Democratic tax-cutting proposal. This kind of shenanigans will only lead to Republicans doing the same thing to the Democrats. This is childish behavior.
On Tuesday, the House by an 88-9 vote rejected the bill with the Senate amendments. Guess the outcome of this bill depends on who will blink first.
Today it says that the Senate insisted on the amendment and voted again and it appears more Republicans joined the Dems in voting in favor of the ban on lodging taxes in selected cities. Is this kind of stuff common in legislatures? Only a few days left. Are there any adults down there?
wheres waldo?!?!?
It took a 6-person conference committee (just adding a few counties to the TOT list!!!!), but the children finally settled their differences and managed to get this done on the next to last day.