Bill Commons

VA SB 224

in committee

Tax administration; award for tax underpayment detection assistance.

Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Tax administration; award for tax underpayment detection assistance. Authorizes the Tax Commissioner to award monetary compensation to individuals who provide information that assists the Department of Taxation in the successful collection of delinquent state taxes owed by other individual or business taxpayers. The bill provides that such awards may be given only if (i) the underpaying individual taxpayer's gross income exceeds $100,000 or the underpaying business taxpayer's gross income exceeds $500,000 and (ii) the amount in question exceeds $50,000.

Introduced
2026-01-10
Status date
Latest action
2026-03-04 — Tabled in Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Scott A. Surovellprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-10

    Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100617D

    filing,introduction

  2. 2026-01-10

    Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-24

    Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (1/24/2026 7:23 pm)

  4. 2026-02-05

    Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A)

    committee-passage

  5. 2026-02-09

    Committee substitute printed 26107398D-S1

    substitution

  6. 2026-02-09

    Rules suspended

  7. 2026-02-09

    Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  8. 2026-02-09

    Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)

  9. 2026-02-09

    Passed by for the day

  10. 2026-02-10

    Read second time

    reading-2

  11. 2026-02-10

    Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to

  12. 2026-02-10

    Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote)

    substitution

  13. 2026-02-11

    Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 15-N 0-A)

    passage,reading-3

  14. 2026-02-17

    Placed on Calendar

  15. 2026-02-17

    Read first time

    reading-1

  16. 2026-02-17

    Referred to Committee on Finance

    referral-committee

  17. 2026-02-17

    Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (2/17/2026 7:31 pm)

  18. 2026-02-20

    Assigned HFIN sub: Subcommittee #1

    referral-committee

  19. 2026-02-23

    Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (11-Y 0-N)

    substitution

  20. 2026-02-25

    Reported from Finance with substitute and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N)

    committee-passage

  21. 2026-02-26

    Assigned HAPP sub: General Government and Capital Outlay

    referral-committee

  22. 2026-02-26

    Committee substitute printed 26108460D-H1

    substitution

  23. 2026-03-04

    Tabled in Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)

    deferral

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute

    2026-02-05 · pass · 14-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • L. Louise Lucas: yes
    • R. Creigh Deeds: yes
    • Mamie E. Locke: yes
    • David W. Marsden: yes
    • Adam P. Ebbin: yes
    • Ryan T. McDougle: yes
    • Mark D. Obenshain: abstain
    • 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
  • Constitutional reading dispensed R

    2026-02-09 · pass · 40-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Lashrecse D. Aird: yes
    • Lamont Bagby: yes
    • Jennifer B. Boysko: yes
    • Jennifer D. Carroll Foy: yes
    • Luther Cifers, III: yes
    • Christie New Craig: yes
    • R. Creigh Deeds: yes
    • Bill DeSteph: yes
    • J.D. "Danny" Diggs: yes
    • Tara A. Durant: yes
    • Adam P. Ebbin: yes
    • Barbara A. Favola: yes
    • Timmy French: yes
    • T. Travis Hackworth: yes
    • Christopher T. Head: yes
    • Michael J. Jones: yes
    • Emily M. Jordan: yes
    • Mamie E. Locke: yes
    • L. Louise Lucas: yes
    • David W. Marsden: yes
    • Ryan T. McDougle: yes
    • Jeremy S. McPike: yes
    • Tammy Brankley Mulchi: yes
    • Mark D. Obenshain: yes
    • Mark J. Peake: yes
    • Stella G. Pekarsky: yes
    • Russet Perry: yes
    • Todd E. Pillion: yes
    • Bryce E. Reeves: yes
    • Danica A. Roem: yes
    • Aaron R. Rouse: yes
    • Saddam Azlan Salim: yes
    • Kannan Srinivasan: yes
    • William M. Stanley, Jr.: yes
    • Richard H. Stuart: yes
    • Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr.: yes
    • David R. Suetterlein: yes
    • Scott A. Surovell: yes
    • Schuyler T. VanValkenburg: yes
    • Angelia Williams Graves: yes
  • Passage R

    2026-02-11 · pass · 23-15

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Lashrecse D. Aird: yes
    • Lamont Bagby: yes
    • Jennifer B. Boysko: not voting
    • Jennifer D. Carroll Foy: yes
    • Luther Cifers, III: no
    • Christie New Craig: no
    • R. Creigh Deeds: yes
    • Bill DeSteph: no
    • J.D. "Danny" Diggs: yes
    • Tara A. Durant: no
    • Adam P. Ebbin: yes
    • Barbara A. Favola: yes
    • Timmy French: no
    • T. Travis Hackworth: no
    • Christopher T. Head: no
    • Michael J. Jones: yes
    • Emily M. Jordan: no
    • Mamie E. Locke: yes
    • L. Louise Lucas: yes
    • David W. Marsden: yes
    • Ryan T. McDougle: no
    • Jeremy S. McPike: not voting
    • Tammy Brankley Mulchi: no
    • Mark D. Obenshain: no
    • Mark J. Peake: yes
    • Stella G. Pekarsky: yes
    • Russet Perry: yes
    • Todd E. Pillion: no
    • Bryce E. Reeves: no
    • Danica A. Roem: yes
    • Aaron R. Rouse: yes
    • Saddam Azlan Salim: yes
    • Kannan Srinivasan: yes
    • William M. Stanley, Jr.: no
    • Richard H. Stuart: no
    • Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr.: yes
    • David R. Suetterlein: yes
    • Scott A. Surovell: yes
    • Schuyler T. VanValkenburg: yes
    • Angelia Williams Graves: yes
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute

    2026-02-23 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Phil M. Hernandez: yes
    • Bonita G. Anthony: yes
    • Katrina Callsen: yes
    • Debra D. Gardner: yes
    • Michelle Lopes Maldonado: yes
    • Kimberly Pope Adams: yes
    • Gretchen M. Bulova: yes
    • Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr.: yes
    • Joseph P. McNamara: yes
    • Will Davis: yes
    • Vivian E. Watts: yes
  • Reported from Finance with substitute

    2026-02-25 · pass · 21-0

    Member-level votes (22)
    • Vivian E. Watts: yes
    • Phil M. Hernandez: yes
    • Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr.: yes
    • Bonita G. Anthony: yes
    • Katrina Callsen: yes
    • Debra D. Gardner: yes
    • Karen Keys-Gamarra: yes
    • Michelle Lopes Maldonado: yes
    • Kimberly Pope Adams: yes
    • Nicole Cole: yes
    • Stacey Annie Carroll: yes
    • Lindsey Dougherty: yes
    • Margaret A. Franklin: yes
    • Gretchen M. Bulova: yes
    • Kirk McPike: 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.: not voting
    • Will Davis: yes
  • Tabled in Appropriations

    2026-03-04 · pass · 22-0

    Member-level votes (22)
    • Luke E. Torian: yes
    • Betsy B. Carr: yes
    • Delores L. McQuinn: yes
    • Paul E. Krizek: yes
    • C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr.: yes
    • David A. Reid: yes
    • Rodney T. Willett: yes
    • Briana D. Sewell: yes
    • Alex Q. Askew: yes
    • Charniele L. Herring: yes
    • Marcia S. "Cia" Price: yes
    • Kathy K.L. Tran: yes
    • Shelly A. Simonds: yes
    • Joshua E. Thomas: yes
    • Amy J. Laufer: yes
    • Terry L. Austin: yes
    • James W. Morefield: yes
    • Robert S. Bloxom, Jr.: yes
    • M. Keith Hodges: yes
    • Scott A. Wyatt: yes
    • Bill Wiley: yes
    • Ellen H. McLaughlin: yes

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