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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I

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HB 2273 Data centers; sales and use tax exemption, clarifies "distressed locality," report.

Introduced by: James W. Morefield | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Sales and use tax exemption for data centers. Reduces the job creation requirement to qualify for the sales and use tax exemption for data centers in a distressed locality from 25 to 10 jobs and reduces the required capital investment from $150 million to $70 million for such data centers. The bill also redefines what criteria are used to identify a distressed locality; under the bill, a locality qualifies as distressed if it has an unemployment rate that is greater than the statewide unemployment rate and a poverty rate that exceeds the statewide poverty rate. The bill requires all data centers claiming the exemption to report certain information to the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority (the Authority) and the Department of Taxation, in collaboration with the Authority, to aggregate and publish such information biennially. This bill is identical to SB 1423.

FULL TEXT

• 01/14/21  House: Presented and ordered printed 21102531D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/01/21  House: Committee substitute printed 21104034D-H1  pdf
• 02/16/21  Senate: Committee substitute printed 21200247D-S1  pdf
• 02/25/21  House: Conference substitute printed 21200579D-H2  pdf
• 03/09/21  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2273ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/25/21  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0367)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
• House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• Conference amendments

HISTORY

• 01/14/21  House: Presented and ordered printed 21102531D
• 01/14/21  House: Referred to Committee on Finance
• 01/16/21  House: Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1
• 01/28/21  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
• 02/01/21  House: Reported from Finance with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
• 02/01/21  House: Committee substitute printed 21104034D-H1
• 02/02/21  House: Read first time
• 02/03/21  House: Read second time
• 02/03/21  House: Committee substitute agreed to 21104034D-H1
• 02/03/21  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2273H1
• 02/04/21  House: Read third time and passed House (91-Y 9-N)
• 02/04/21  House: VOTE: Passage (91-Y 9-N)
• 02/05/21  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/05/21  Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
• 02/05/21  Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
• 02/16/21  Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 0-N)
• 02/16/21  Senate: Committee substitute printed 21200247D-S1
• 02/16/21  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 02/17/21  Senate: Read third time
• 02/17/21  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/17/21  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 21200247D-S1
• 02/17/21  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2273S1
• 02/17/21  Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/18/21  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/18/21  House: Senate substitute rejected by House 21200446D-S1 (0-Y 100-N)
• 02/18/21  House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 100-N)
• 02/19/21  Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (37-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/21  Senate: Senate requested conference committee
• 02/19/21  House: House acceded to request
• 02/19/21  House: Conferees appointed by House
• 02/19/21  House: Delegates: Morefield, Keam, Willett
• 02/19/21  Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
• 02/19/21  Senate: Senators: McPike, Ebbin, Ruff
• 02/25/21  Conference: Amended by conference committee
• 02/25/21  House: Conference substitute printed 21200579D-H2
• 02/25/21  House: Conference report agreed to by House (90-Y 8-N)
• 02/25/21  House: VOTE: Agreed To (90-Y 8-N)
• 02/27/21  Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/09/21  House: Enrolled
• 03/09/21  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2273ER)
• 03/09/21  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/11/21  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/15/21  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
• 03/15/21  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
• 03/25/21  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 367 (effective 7/1/21)
• 03/25/21  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0367)