VirginiaTourism improvement districts; transient occupancy tax in Arlington County.
What it does
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.
More detail
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 SB 314.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Apr 6Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0162)Latest
- Apr 6Approved by Governor Abigail Spanberger-Chapter 162 (effective 7/1/2026)Became Law
- Mar 11Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (3/11/2026 2:02 pm)
- Mar 10Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026To Governor
- Mar 10Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026Minor
- Mar 6Signed by PresidentMajor
- Mar 6Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Mar 6Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB524ER)Major
- Mar 6EnrolledMinor
- Mar 2Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 27Passed by for the day
- Feb 27Read third timeMinor
- Feb 26Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 26Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Feb 26Rules suspended
- Feb 25Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Finance and Appropriations. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 23Reported from Local Government and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 7-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Local Government. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 22Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (2/22/2026 8:38 pm)
- Feb 18Referred to Committee on Local GovernmentMinor
- Feb 18Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 17Read third time and passed House (68-Y 28-N 0-A)Passed House
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 16Engrossed by House - floor substitute
- Feb 16Delegate McClure Floor substitute agreed toMajor
- Feb 16Read second timeMinor
- Feb 16Floor offered Delegate McClure Substitute
- Feb 16Floor substitute printed 26108044D-H1 (McClure)
- Feb 13Passed by for the day
- Feb 12Passed by for the day
- Feb 11Passed by for the day
- Feb 10Passed by for the day
- Feb 9Passed by for the day
- Feb 6Passed by for the day
- Feb 5Passed by for the day
- Feb 4Passed by for the day
- Feb 3Read first timeMinor
- Jan 30Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (17-Y 4-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 29Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 28Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #2Minor
- Jan 17Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (1/17/2026 12:42 pm)
- Jan 13Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and TownsMinor
- Jan 13Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102965DIntroduced