Virginia Senate Bill 277 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Passed on April 10 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-10 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1033)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Income tax deduction for commuter benefits provided by an employer. Establishes, for taxable years 2021 through 2025, an individual and corporate income tax deduction for commuter benefits, defined in the bill, provided by an employer to its employees. The deduction is available only to the employer and is limited to $265 per employee.

Income tax, state and corporate; deduction for commuter benefits provided by an employer.

Sen. George Barker [D]

Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]

2020-03-07 - Senate - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (27-Y 13-N) (Y: 27 N: 13 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-05 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 44-N) (Y: 55 N: 44 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-26 - Senate - Senate: Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-26 - Senate - Senate: Bill not properly before the Senate (24-Y 16-N) (Y: 24 N: 16 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-26 - Senate - Senate: House amendments rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) (Y: 0 N: 40 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2020-02-26 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (52-Y 46-N) (Y: 52 N: 46 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-21 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations with amendments (13-Y 9-N) (Y: 13 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-19 - House - House: Reported from Finance with amendment (13-Y 9-N) (Y: 13 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-19 - House - House: Reported from Finance with amendment (13-Y 9-N) (Y: 13 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-17 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (5-Y 4-N) (Y: 5 N: 4 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2020-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (28-Y 12-N) (Y: 28 N: 12 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (12-Y 0-N) (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-10		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1033)
2020-04-10		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 1033 (effective - see bill)
2020-03-20		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-20	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
2020-03-19	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-18	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-18	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB277ER)
2020-03-18	Senate	Enrolled
2020-03-07	Senate	Conference report agreed to by Senate (27-Y 13-N)
2020-03-05	House	VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 44-N)
2020-03-05	House	Conference report agreed to by House (55-Y 44-N)
2020-03-05		Conference: Amended by conference committee
2020-02-27	House	Delegates: Watts, Keam, Campbell, J.L.
2020-02-27	House	Conferees appointed by House
2020-02-27	Senate	Senators: Barker, Marsden, Ebbin
2020-02-27	Senate	Conferees appointed by Senate
2020-02-26	Senate	Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-26	Senate	Bill not properly before the Senate (24-Y 16-N)
2020-02-26	House	House requested conference committee
2020-02-26	House	House insisted on amendments
2020-02-26	Senate	House amendments rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
2020-02-26	House	VOTE: Passage (52-Y 46-N)
2020-02-26	House	Passed House with amendments (52-Y 46-N)
2020-02-26	House	Engrossed by House as amended
2020-02-26	House	Committee on Appropriations amendments agreed to
2020-02-26	House	Committee on Finance amendment agreed to
2020-02-26	House	Read third time
2020-02-26	House	Passed by temporarily
2020-02-26	House	Read third time
2020-02-25	House	Read second time
2020-02-21	House	Reported from Appropriations with amendments (13-Y 9-N)
2020-02-19	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2020-02-19	House	Reported from Finance with amendment (13-Y 9-N)
2020-02-17	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2020-02-17	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (5-Y 4-N)
2020-02-13	House	Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1
2020-02-12	House	Referred to Committee on Finance
2020-02-12	House	Read first time
2020-02-12	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-02-05	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (28-Y 12-N)
2020-02-04	Senate	Printed as engrossed 20103304D-E
2020-02-04	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended SB277E
2020-02-04	Senate	Committee amendments agreed to
2020-02-04	Senate	Reading of amendments waived
2020-02-04	Senate	Read second time
2020-02-03	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-01-30	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (12-Y 0-N)
2020-01-08	Senate	Moved from Finance to Finance and Appropriations due to a change of the committee name
2020-01-03	Senate	Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
2020-01-03	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103304D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
58	1	322.03	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	402	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB277
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB277+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB277E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB277ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1033+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S05V0113+SB0277
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0288SB0277+SB0277
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0338SB0277+SB0277
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H1001V0046+SB0277
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H10V0325+SB0277
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H10V0344+SB0277
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H02V0380+SB0277
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1470+SB0277
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1100SB0277+SB0277
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1127SB0277+SB0277
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1130SB0277+SB0277
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1963+SB0277
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1766SB0277+SB0277