Income tax, state; housing choice vouchers, definition of eligible housing areas.
Summary
Tax credit for participating landlords; eligible housing areas. Expands the definition of "eligible housing area" for the housing choice voucher tax credit to include Virginia census tracts in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Metropolitan Statistical Area in which less than 10 percent of the population lives below the poverty level. Landlords who rent qualified housing units within such areas are eligible for an income tax credit. Current law only applies to such areas within the Richmond and Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News Metropolitan Statistical Areas.The bill establishes a 2025 sunset date on the credit. The bill incorporates HB 1014 and is identical to SB 200.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 6, 2020
Signed Mar 23, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
33
Key actions
9
Committee
8
Amendments
3
Mar 23, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 430 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 24, 2020
Introduced
Senate amendments agreed to by House (52-Y 44-N)
lower
Feb 20, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 20, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Feb 20, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
upper
Feb 20, 2020
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
upper
Feb 18, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (13-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 22, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
upper
Jan 21, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (63-Y 36-N)
lower
Jan 20, 2020
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB590H1
lower
Jan 20, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20105800D-H1
lower
Jan 15, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Finance with substitute (14-Y 7-N)
lower
Jan 15, 2020
Lower · Passed
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 6, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance
lower
Jan 6, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100622D
lower
1 primary · 24 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
LG
Liz Guzmán
DDemocratic
Co
Alfonso Lopez
DDemocratic
Co
Charniele Herring
DDemocratic
Co
Dan Helmer
DDemocratic
Co
Danica Roem
DDemocratic
Co
Dave LaRock
RRepublican
Co
David Bulova
DDemocratic
Co
David Reid
DDemocratic
Co
Hala S. Ayala
DDemocratic
Co
Ibraheem S. Samirah
DDemocratic
Co
Jennifer Carroll Foy
DDemocratic
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