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

Virginia, 2021 Special I. Signed, March 25, 2021.

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Status Signed Signed, .

Official summary

No official summary is on file yet. The full text is on the legislature's page, linked below.

Description

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.

As published by the legislature, found through LegiScan, source 1. It is the legislature's own line about the measure, not a summary of it.

Measure Bill.

Sponsors James Morefield (R); Mark Keam (D); Terry Kilgore (R); Rodney Willett (D)

Subjects Computer Services and Uses, Sales and Use Tax, Study Commissions Committees and Reports, Taxation The legislature's own list.

Official page lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2273. Found through LegiScan (bill 1443297), whose data is CC BY 4.0; the citation is the legislature's own page.

What happened, and when

  1. March 25, 2021 Signed

    H.B. 2273 was signed. lis.virginia.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 367 (effective 7/1/21).

  2. March 9, 2021 Passed second chamber

    H.B. 2273 passed the Senate. lis.virginia.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Enrolled.

  3. February 17, 2021 Passed first chamber

    H.B. 2273 passed the House of Delegates. lis.virginia.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2273S1.

  4. February 16, 2021 In committee

    H.B. 2273 went to committee in the Senate. lis.virginia.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 0-N).

  5. February 5, 2021 In committee

    H.B. 2273 went to committee in the Senate. lis.virginia.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations.

  6. February 3, 2021 Passed first chamber

    H.B. 2273 passed the House of Delegates. lis.virginia.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2273H1.

  7. February 1, 2021 In committee

    H.B. 2273 went to committee in the House of Delegates. lis.virginia.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Reported from Finance with substitute (21-Y 1-N).

  8. January 14, 2021 In committee

    H.B. 2273 went to committee in the House of Delegates. lis.virginia.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Referred to Committee on Finance.

  9. January 14, 2021 Introduced

    H.B. 2273 was introduced in the House of Delegates. lis.virginia.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Referred to Committee on Finance.

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Sources

  1. H.B. 2273 on the legislature's site lis.virginia.gov

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