2025 Regular SessionVirginia Legislature

HB1939: Tangible personal property tax; electric landscaping equipment.

Legislative Summary

Tangible personal property tax; electric landscaping equipment. Establishes a separate classification of tangible personal property for electric-powered landscaping equipment employed in a trade or business and used to maintain commercial, public, or private gardens, lawns, trees, shrubs, or other plants, including lawn mowers, edgers, trimmers, leaf blowers, and chainsaws. Such property may be taxed by a locality at a rate not to exceed that applied to the general class of tangible personal property.

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Bill History

1/6/2025
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104398D
House of Delegates
1/6/2025
Referred to Committee on Finance
House of Delegates
1/13/2025
Impact statement from TAX (HB1939)
House of Delegates
1/17/2025
Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1
House of Delegates
1/20/2025
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
House of Delegates
1/22/2025
Reported from Finance (12-Y 10-N)
House of Delegates
1/24/2025
Read first time
House of Delegates
1/27/2025
Read second time and engrossed
House of Delegates
1/28/2025
Read third time and passed House (53-Y 46-N)
House of Delegates
1/29/2025
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Senate
1/29/2025
Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
Senate
2/11/2025
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
Senate
2/11/2025
Rules suspended
Senate
2/11/2025
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
Senate
2/11/2025
Passed by for the day
Senate
2/12/2025
Read third time
Senate
2/12/2025
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
Senate
2/17/2025
Enrolled
House of Delegates
2/17/2025
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1939ER)
House of Delegates
2/17/2025
Impact statement from TAX (HB1939)
House of Delegates
2/17/2025
Signed by Speaker
House of Delegates
2/20/2025
Signed by President
Senate
3/3/2025
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
House of Delegates
3/3/2025
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
3/24/2025
Vetoed by Governor
4/2/2025
House sustained Governor's veto
House of Delegates

Roll Call Votes

Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2/12/2025
39
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
2/11/2025
15
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
2/11/2025
40
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Read third time and passed House (53-Y 46-N)
1/28/2025
53
Yea
46
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Reported from Finance (12-Y 10-N)
1/22/2025
12
Yea
10
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
1/20/2025
5
Yea
3
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Vetoed(3/24/2025)
Chamber
House of Delegates

Sponsors

Democrat: 2

Primary Sponsor

David Reid
David Reid
Democrat

Documents

Enrolled
Bill Text2/17/202533.0 KB
Introduced
Bill Text1/6/202533.6 KB
Misc
Misc3/25/20251.0 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis2/17/202520.5 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis1/13/202520.4 KB