Gas severance tax, local; extends sunset provision.
Summary
Extends the sunset date from January 1, 2020, to January 1, 2022, for the local gas severance tax that is dedicated to (i) the local Coal and Gas Road Improvement Fund, (ii) the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Fund, and (iii) water, sewer, and natural gas systems and lines. This bill is identical to
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Jan 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Jan 3, 2019
Signed Mar 5, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Jan 17, 2019
How they voted
34–0
Passed
Total votes 34
Jan 17, 2019
D
Democratic14
100% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
4
Committee
3
Mar 5, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 191 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 13, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed House (81-Y 17-N)
lower
Feb 1, 2019
Committee
Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 24, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance
lower
Jan 18, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 17, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (34-0)
senate
Jan 3, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance
upper
Jan 3, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102441D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
AB
A. Benton "Ben" Chafin
RRepublican
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