SB 314 Virginia Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Tourism improvement districts; transient occupancy tax in Arlington County.

Summary
Tourism improvement districts; administering nonprofits; county manager plan; transient occupancy tax. Allows tourism entities, defined in the bill, to enter into written agreements for the provision of professional services to an administering nonprofit that is under contract with a locality to administer or implement activities specified in a tourism improvement district plan. Current law does not permit such public-private partnerships in tourism improvement districts. The bill also requires a newly formed administering nonprofit's board of directors to be wholly composed of business owners and an existing administering nonprofit to create a committee of business owners to oversee the activities prescribed in the tourism improvement district plan. Finally, the bill permits any locality with the county manager plan of government (Arlington County) to impose an additional transient occupancy tax of up to one percent. This bill is identical to HB 524.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Signed Apr 6, 2026
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What changed between versions

Enrolled Chaptered · 2 edits
MINOR
This bill formalizes the passage of SB 314 by adding the official chapter number and the specific approval date of April 6, 2026. The substantive content regarding tourism improvement districts, nonprofit administration, county manager plans, and transient occupancy tax remains unchanged from the enrolled version.
Scope change
The bill's scope and applicability are unchanged; only the procedural status was updated to reflect it has been enacted into law.
TECHNICAL

Added the official chapter number (Chapter 163) to the act title.

Added the specific date of approval (April 6, 2026) to the act title.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 4, 2026 · House of Delegates Feb 25, 2026

How they voted

390
Passed
Total votes 39
Feb 4, 2026
D Democratic20
20 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
43
Key actions
14
Committee
5
Apr 6, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 163 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive
Feb 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 27, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB314ER)
upper
Feb 25, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed House (67-Y 30-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 20, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (16-Y 5-N)
lower
Feb 17, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
lower
Feb 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A)
upper
Feb 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 17-N 0-A)
upper
Feb 9, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 6, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
upper
Feb 3, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
upper
Jan 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Local Government and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N)
upper
Jan 13, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Local Government
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors