Virginia House Bill 2273 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on March 25 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-03-25 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0367)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Sales and use tax exemption for data centers. Reduces the job creation requirement to qualify for the sales and use tax exemption for data centers in a distressed locality from 25 to 10 jobs and reduces the required capital investment from $150 million to $70 million for such data centers. The bill also redefines what criteria are used to identify a distressed locality; under the bill, a locality qualifies as distressed if it has an unemployment rate that is greater than the statewide unemployment rate and a poverty rate that exceeds the statewide poverty rate. The bill requires all data centers claiming the exemption to report certain information to the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority (the Authority) and the Department of Taxation, in collaboration with the Authority, to aggregate and publish such information biennially.

Data centers; sales and use tax exemption, clarifies "distressed locality," report.

Del. James Morefield [R]

Del. Mark Keam [D]

Del. Terry Kilgore [R]

Del. Rodney Willett [D]

2021-02-27 - Senate - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-25 - House - House: VOTE: Agreed To (90-Y 8-N) (Y: 90 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-02-19 - Senate - Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-02-18 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (0-Y 100-N) (Y: 0 N: 100 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2021-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-04 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (91-Y 9-N) (Y: 91 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-01 - House - House: Reported from Finance with substitute (21-Y 1-N) (Y: 0 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2021-01-28 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-25		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0367)
2021-03-25		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 367 (effective 7/1/21)
2021-03-15		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
2021-03-15	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
2021-03-11	House	Signed by Speaker
2021-03-09	Senate	Signed by President
2021-03-09	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2273ER)
2021-03-09	House	Enrolled
2021-02-27	Senate	Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2021-02-25	House	VOTE: Agreed To (90-Y 8-N)
2021-02-25	House	Conference report agreed to by House (90-Y 8-N)
2021-02-25	House	Conference substitute printed 21200579D-H2
2021-02-25		Conference: Amended by conference committee
2021-02-19	Senate	Senators: McPike, Ebbin, Ruff
2021-02-19	Senate	Conferees appointed by Senate
2021-02-19	House	Delegates: Morefield, Keam, Willett
2021-02-19	House	Conferees appointed by House
2021-02-19	House	House acceded to request
2021-02-19	Senate	Senate requested conference committee
2021-02-19	Senate	Senate insisted on substitute (37-Y 0-N)
2021-02-18	House	VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 100-N)
2021-02-18	House	Senate substitute rejected by House 21200446D-S1 (0-Y 100-N)
2021-02-18	House	Placed on Calendar
2021-02-17	Senate	Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
2021-02-17	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2273S1
2021-02-17	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 21200247D-S1
2021-02-17	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2021-02-17	Senate	Read third time
2021-02-16	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
2021-02-16	Senate	Committee substitute printed 21200247D-S1
2021-02-16	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 0-N)
2021-02-05	Senate	Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
2021-02-05	Senate	Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
2021-02-05	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2021-02-04	House	VOTE: Passage (91-Y 9-N)
2021-02-04	House	Read third time and passed House (91-Y 9-N)
2021-02-03	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2273H1
2021-02-03	House	Committee substitute agreed to 21104034D-H1
2021-02-03	House	Read second time
2021-02-02	House	Read first time
2021-02-01	House	Committee substitute printed 21104034D-H1
2021-02-01	House	Reported from Finance with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
2021-01-28	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
2021-01-16	House	Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1
2021-01-14	House	Referred to Committee on Finance
2021-01-14	House	Presented and ordered printed 21102531D

HB2273 (Carry Over) 2021-02-05 - Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
SB1423 (Same As) 2021-03-25 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0368)
SB1423 (Same As) 2021-03-25 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0368)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
58	1	609.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2273
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2273+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2273H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2273S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2273H2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2273ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0367+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/.htm
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/21200247D.pdf
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+amd+HB2273AC
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+HB2273F161+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+HB2273FER161+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H10C0043+HB2273
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+HC1447+HB2273
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S05C0198+HB2273
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H1001C0011+HB2273
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S05V0008+HB2273
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SV0072HB2273+HB2273
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SV0080HB2273+HB2273
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+HV1746+HB2273
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SV0183HB2273+HB2273
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+HV1997+HB2273
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SV0525HB2273+HB2273