Qualifying vehicles, certain; Dept. of Tax. to study options for abolishing personal property tax.
Summary
Study; Department of Taxation; options for abolishing the personal property taxation of certain qualifying vehicles; report. Directs the Department of Taxation to study options for abolishing the personal property taxation of certain qualifying vehicles and to evaluate alternative local revenue sources in order to account for the shortfall in local tax revenues that will result from the abolition of such tax.
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 13, 2026
Last action Mar 6, 2026
Floor votes · House of Delegates Jan 30, 2026
How they voted
57–24
Passed · 7 other
Total votes 88
Jan 30, 2026
D
Democratic53
94% Yea
R
Republican35
68% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Feb 2, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
upper
Jan 30, 2026
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (57-24-7)
house of delegates
Jan 27, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Rules (12-Y 6-N)
lower
Jan 23, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 1-N)
lower
Jan 22, 2026
Committee
Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee
lower
Jan 13, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rules
lower
0 primary · 13 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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