Virginia House Bill 129 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 6 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-06 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0697)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Maximum allowable rates of special regulatory taxes; public service companies. Increases the maximum allowable rates of several taxes, known as special regulatory taxes, that apply to public service companies such as those that provide water, heat, light, or power. The bill increases the maximum allowable rate of the gross receipts tax from 0.2 percent to 0.26 percent, increases the maximum allowable rates of three electricity consumption taxes that are measured per kilowatt hour, and increases the maximum allowable rate of the natural gas consumption tax from $0.0020 per cubic foot to $0.0026 per cubic foot.

Public service companies; increases max. allowable rates of special reg. taxes that can be imposed.

Del. Mark Sickles [D]

2020-02-26 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (25-Y 14-N 1-A) (Y: 25 N: 14 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2020-02-26 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-26 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (33-Y 6-N 1-A) (Y: 33 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2020-02-26 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-25 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N 1-A) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2020-02-10 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (58-Y 41-N) (Y: 58 N: 41 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-05 - House - House: Reported from Finance (16-Y 6-N) (Y: 16 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-05 - House - House: Reported from Finance (16-Y 6-N) (Y: 16 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-05 - House - House: Reported from Finance (16-Y 6-N) (Y: 16 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-03 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 2-N) (Y: 8 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-06		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0697)
2020-04-06		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 697 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-12		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-12	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
2020-03-03	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-02	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-02	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB129ER)
2020-03-02	House	Enrolled
2020-02-26	Senate	Passed Senate (25-Y 14-N 1-A)
2020-02-26	Senate	Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-26	Senate	Passed Senate (33-Y 6-N 1-A)
2020-02-26	Senate	Read third time
2020-02-26	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2020-02-25	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N 1-A)
2020-02-11	Senate	Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
2020-02-11	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-10	House	VOTE: Passage (58-Y 41-N)
2020-02-10	House	Read third time and passed House (58-Y 41-N)
2020-02-07	House	Read second time and engrossed
2020-02-06	House	Read first time
2020-02-05	House	Reported from Finance (16-Y 6-N)
2020-02-03	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 2-N)
2020-01-29	House	Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1
2019-12-16	House	Referred to Committee on Finance
2019-12-16	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102148D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
58	1	2660	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	2900	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	2904	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB129
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB129+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB129ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0697+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H1001V0033+HB0129
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H10V0063+HB0129
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H10V0165+HB0129
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H10V0214+HB0129
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0735+HB0129
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S05V0440+HB0129
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1050HB0129+HB0129
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1059HB0129+HB0129
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1061HB0129+HB0129
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1062HB0129+HB0129