Income tax, state; rolling conformity with the Internal Revenue Code.
Summary
Income tax; rolling conformity with the Internal Revenue Code; nonconformance with certain amendments. Provides that Virginia shall generally conform to federal tax laws on a rolling basis, meaning that Virginia tax laws incorporate changes to the Internal Revenue Code as soon as Congress enacts them. The bill provides that Virginia will not conform to the reduction in the medical expense deduction floor in the federal Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020. However, the bill also provides that unless subsequently adopted by the General Assembly, Virginia shall not conform to any amendments to the Internal Revenue Code that have an impact of $10 million or more on Virginia tax revenues in the fiscal year in which the amendment was enacted or any of the next four years. The Secretary of Finance, in consultation with the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Finance and the House Committees on Appropriations and Finance, shall be responsible for determining when an amendment meets these criteria. The Secretary of Finance shall also provide an annual report to such Chairmen on the fiscal impact of amendments to the Internal Revenue Code. The bill applies to taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2019.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 6, 2020
Last action Dec 4, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the House of Delegates. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
6
Committee
8
Feb 5, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (88-Y 11-N)
lower
Feb 3, 2020
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB734H1
lower
Feb 3, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20107000D-H1
lower
Jan 29, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Finance with substitute (18-Y 3-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2020
Lower · Passed
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 23, 2020
Committee
Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Jan 6, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance
lower
Jan 6, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/08/20 20102457D
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Vivian Watts
DDemocratic
Co
Joe McNamara
RRepublican
Co
Mark L. Keam
DDemocratic
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