Tax restructuring; elimination of BPOL, Machinery and Tool, etc., Taxes. (HJ755)

Introduced By

Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg) with support from 35 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:

Those copatrons are Del. Dickie Bell (R-Staunton), Del. Kathy Byron (R-Lynchburg), Del. Mark Cole (R-Fredericksburg), Del. John A. Cox (R-Ashland), Del. Kirk Cox (R-Colonial Heights), Del. James Edmunds (R-South Boston), Del. Peter Farrell (R-Henrico), Del. Scott Garrett (R-Lynchburg), Del. Chris Head (R-Roanoke), Del. Algie Howell (D-Norfolk), Del. Riley Ingram (R-Hopewell), Del. Johnny Joannou (D-Portsmouth), Del. Chris Jones (R-Suffolk), Del. Mark Keam (D-Vienna), Del. Terry Kilgore (R-Gate City), Del. Barry Knight (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Steve Landes (R-Weyers Cave), Del. Jim LeMunyon (R-Oak Hill), Del. Jimmie Massie (R-Richmond), Del. Don Merricks (R-Danville), Del. Will Morefield (R-North Tazewell), Del. Bobby Orrock (R-Thornburg), Del. John O'Bannon (R-Richmond), Del. Chris Peace (R-Mechanicsville), Del. Bob Purkey (R-Virginia Beach), Del. David Ramadan (R-South Riding), Del. Ron Villanueva (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Tommy Wright (R-Victoria), Sen. George Barker (D-Alexandria), Sen. Chuck Colgan (D-Manassas), Sen. Steve Newman (R-Forest), Sen. Tommy Norment (R-Williamsburg), Sen. Phil Puckett (D-Tazewell), Sen. Frank Ruff (R-Clarksville), Sen. Frank Wagner (R-Virginia Beach)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate

Description

Tax restructuring; report. Directs the Virginia Small Business Commission and Virginia Manufacturing Development Commission to evaluate and develop a plan for implementing tax restructuring to eliminate the BPOL, Machinery and Tool, and Merchants%92 Capital Taxes. Read the Bill »

Status

02/14/2013: Failed to Pass in Committee

History

DateAction
01/18/2013Presented and ordered printed 13103863D
01/18/2013Referred to Committee on Rules
01/22/2013Reported from Rules with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/22/2013Committee substitute printed 13104396D-H1
01/25/2013Taken up
01/25/2013Committee substitute agreed to 13104396D-H1
01/25/2013Engrossed by House - committee substitute HJ755H1
01/25/2013Agreed to by House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N)
01/25/2013VOTE: BLOCK VOTE ADOPTION (95-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/28/2013Reading waived
01/28/2013Referred to Committee on Rules
02/14/2013Passed by indefinitely in Rules with letter

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 35 seconds.