All-terrain vehicles (ATVs), mopeds, and off-road motorcycles; clarifies taxation on vehicles, etc.
Summary
Clarifies the taxation of all-terrain vehicles, mopeds, and off-road motorcycles and provides that vehicles that qualify as farm equipment that is exempt from sales and use tax shall be exempt from the motor vehicle sales and use tax. The bill contains technical amendments related to the collection of the additional state sales and use tax within the Historic Triangle.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2018
Committee Review
Jan 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Feb 2019
Introduced Dec 5, 2018
Signed Feb 19, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 6, 2019
How they voted
36–0
Passed
Total votes 36
Feb 6, 2019
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
5
Committee
4
Feb 19, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 52 (effective - see bill)
executive
Feb 6, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (36-0)
senate
Jan 28, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance
upper
Jan 25, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (82-Y 12-N 1-A)
lower
Jan 24, 2019
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1679H1
lower
Jan 24, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19104855D-H1
lower
Dec 5, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance
lower
Dec 5, 2018
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100726D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bobby Orrock
RRepublican
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