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VA HB 960

died on adjournment

Personal property taxes; valuation, effective clause.

Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Personal property taxes; valuation. Requires that tangible personal property employed in a trade or business, other than such property set out for different valuation in current law, shall be valued by means of a percentage or percentages of original cost to the taxpayer. Current law requires such property to be valued only by means of a percentage or percentages of original cost. The provisions of this bill do not become effective unless reenacted by the 2027 Session of the General Assembly.

Introduced
2026-01-13
Status date
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Latest action
2026-03-03 — Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Vivian E. Wattsprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-13

    Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104842D

    filing,introduction

  2. 2026-01-13

    Referred to Committee on Finance

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-21

    Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (1/21/2026 8:29 pm)

  4. 2026-01-27

    Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)

  5. 2026-01-28

    House subcommittee offered

  6. 2026-01-28

    Reported from Finance with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N)

    committee-passage

  7. 2026-01-29

    House committee offered

  8. 2026-01-30

    Read first time

    reading-1

  9. 2026-02-02

    Read second time

    reading-2

  10. 2026-02-02

    committee amendment agreed to

    amendment-passage

  11. 2026-02-02

    Engrossed by House as amended

  12. 2026-02-03

    Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)

    passage,reading-3

  13. 2026-02-04

    Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)

  14. 2026-02-04

    Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations

    referral-committee

  15. 2026-02-17

    Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (2/17/2026 4:03 pm)

  16. 2026-03-03

    Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s)

    2026-01-27 · pass · 10-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Bonita G. Anthony: yes
    • Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker: yes
    • Karen Keys-Gamarra: yes
    • Nicole Cole: not voting
    • Stacey Annie Carroll: yes
    • Lindsey Dougherty: yes
    • Margaret A. Franklin: yes
    • R. Lee Ware: yes
    • Wendell S. Walker: yes
    • Thomas A. Garrett, Jr.: yes
    • Vivian E. Watts: yes

  • Reported from Finance with amendment(s)

    2026-01-28 · pass · 21-0

    Member-level votes (22)
    • Vivian E. Watts: yes
    • Phil M. Hernandez: yes
    • Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr.: yes
    • Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker: yes
    • Bonita G. Anthony: yes
    • Katrina Callsen: yes
    • Debra D. Gardner: yes
    • Karen Keys-Gamarra: yes
    • Michelle Lopes Maldonado: not voting
    • Kimberly Pope Adams: yes
    • Nicole Cole: yes
    • Stacey Annie Carroll: yes
    • Lindsey Dougherty: yes
    • Margaret A. Franklin: yes
    • Gretchen M. Bulova: yes
    • R. Lee Ware: yes
    • Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr.: yes
    • Joseph P. McNamara: yes
    • Wendell S. Walker: yes
    • Chris S. Runion: yes
    • Thomas A. Garrett, Jr.: yes
    • Will Davis: yes

  • H VOTE:

    2026-02-03 · pass · 98-0

    Member-level votes (100)
    • Jessica L. Anderson: yes
    • Bonita G. Anthony: yes
    • Alex Q. Askew: yes
    • Terry L. Austin: yes
    • Jason S. Ballard: yes
    • Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker: yes
    • Robert S. Bloxom, Jr.: yes
    • Gretchen M. Bulova: yes
    • Katrina Callsen: yes
    • Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie: yes
    • Betsy B. Carr: yes
    • Stacey Annie Carroll: yes
    • Mike A. Cherry: yes
    • Nadarius E. Clark: yes
    • Laura Jane Cohen: yes
    • Joshua G. Cole: yes
    • Nicole Cole: yes
    • Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler: yes
    • Mitchell Cornett: yes
    • Rae Cousins: yes
    • Will Davis: yes
    • Karrie K. Delaney: yes
    • Lindsey Dougherty: yes
    • Mark C. Downey: yes
    • Michael B. Feggans: yes
    • Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr.: yes
    • Lily V. Franklin: yes
    • Margaret A. Franklin: yes
    • Debra D. Gardner: yes
    • Thomas A. Garrett, Jr.: yes
    • Jackie H. Glass: yes
    • Timothy P. Griffin: yes
    • Elizabeth R. Guzman: yes
    • Karen Hamilton: yes
    • C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr.: yes
    • Dan I. Helmer: yes
    • Rozia A. Henson, Jr.: yes
    • Phil M. Hernandez: yes
    • Charniele L. Herring: yes
    • M. Keith Hodges: yes
    • Patrick A. Hope: yes
    • Hillary Pugh Kent: yes
    • Karen Keys-Gamarra: not voting
    • Terry G. Kilgore: yes
    • Barry D. Knight: not voting
    • Paul E. Krizek: yes
    • Amy J. Laufer: yes
    • James A. "Jay" Leftwich: yes
    • Destiny LeVere Bolling: yes
    • Alfonso H. Lopez: yes
    • Michelle Lopes Maldonado: yes
    • Marty Martinez: yes
    • John Chilton McAuliff: yes
    • Adele Y. McClure: yes
    • Garrett McGuire: yes
    • Ellen H. McLaughlin: yes
    • Joseph P. McNamara: yes
    • Delores L. McQuinn: yes
    • Leslie Chambers Mehta: yes
    • James W. Morefield: yes
    • May Nivar: yes
    • Delores Oates: yes
    • Israel D. O'Quinn: yes
    • Justin Pence: yes
    • Eric Phillips: yes
    • Kimberly Pope Adams: yes
    • Marcia S. "Cia" Price: yes
    • Sam Rasoul: yes
    • Atoosa R. Reaser: yes
    • David A. Reid: yes
    • Chris S. Runion: yes
    • Charlie Schmidt: yes
    • Don Scott: yes
    • Phillip A. Scott: yes
    • Holly M. Seibold: yes
    • Briana D. Sewell: yes
    • Irene Shin: yes
    • Marcus B. Simon: yes
    • Shelly A. Simonds: yes
    • JJ Singh: yes
    • Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr.: yes
    • Anne Ferrell Tata: yes
    • Joshua E. Thomas: yes
    • Virgil Thornton: yes
    • Luke E. Torian: yes
    • Kathy K.L. Tran: yes
    • H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr.: yes
    • Wendell S. Walker: yes
    • Jeion A. Ward: yes
    • R. Lee Ware: yes
    • Vivian E. Watts: yes
    • Michael J. Webert: yes
    • Madison Whittle: yes
    • Bill Wiley: yes
    • Rodney T. Willett: yes
    • Wren M. Williams: yes
    • Tony O. Wilt: yes
    • Thomas C. Wright, Jr.: yes
    • Scott A. Wyatt: yes
    • Eric R. Zehr: yes

  • Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations

    2026-03-03 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • L. Louise Lucas: yes
    • R. Creigh Deeds: yes
    • Mamie E. Locke: yes
    • Ryan T. McDougle: yes
    • Mark D. Obenshain: yes
    • Richard H. Stuart: yes
    • Bryce E. Reeves: yes
    • Barbara A. Favola: yes
    • Scott A. Surovell: yes
    • Jeremy S. McPike: yes
    • Jennifer B. Boysko: yes
    • Todd E. Pillion: yes
    • Aaron R. Rouse: yes
    • Lamont Bagby: yes
    • Lashrecse D. Aird: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB960

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