Virginia 2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted

HB 538 — Taxpayers; TAX and VEC to consider feasibility of filing tax reports and payments electronically.

Last action — Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018

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    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House of Delegates
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 08, 2018. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

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High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 6 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Directs the Department of Taxation and the Virginia Employment Commission to consider the feasibility of permitting taxpayers to submit tax reports and payments electronically for both the Virginia Employment Commission and the Department of Taxation using a single sign-on. The Department and the Commission shall also consider the feasibility, merits, and costs of developing and implementing an identity management system or retaining a contractor to do so.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

7 added · 10 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendment to HB 538 primarily adds a title section to the bill, clearly defining it as an act related to electronic tax reporting and payment options. Importantly, it reiterates that the Department of Taxation and the Virginia Employment Commission will explore the feasibility of allowing taxpayers to submit their tax documents electronically. This matters because it could streamline the tax filing process for Virginians, making it easier and more efficient for them to meet their tax obligations.

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SESSION history | hilite | pdf | print version 18106563D HOUSE BILL NO.
SESSION history | hilite | pdf | print version VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTER An Act to require the Department of Taxation and the Virginia Employment Commission to consider the feasibility of permitting taxpayers to submit tax reports and payments electronically for both the Virginia Employment Commission and the Department of Taxation.
538 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the House Committee on Finance on February 7, 2018) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Freitas) A BILL to require the Department of Taxation and the Virginia Employment Commission to consider the feasibility of permitting taxpayers to submit tax reports and payments electronically for both the Virginia Employment Commission and the Department of Taxation.
[H 538] Approved   Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
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Action History

  1. Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018

  2. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2018

  3. Signed by President

  4. Signed by Speaker

  5. Enrolled

  6. Read third time

  7. Referred to Committee on Finance

  8. Constitutional reading dispensed

  9. Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)

  10. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB538H1

  11. Committee substitute agreed to 18106563D-H1

  12. Read second time

  13. Read first time

  14. Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1

  15. Referred to Committee on Finance

  16. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100135D

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 147 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (147)

147 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE

Passed 100 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 100000
Total 100000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (100)
Member Party Vote
Campbell — Yea
Cline — Yea
Fariss — Yea
Freitas — Yea
Gooditis — Yea
Habeeb — Yea
Heretick — Yea
Hugo — Yea
Hurst — Yea
LaRock — Yea
Landes — Yea
Orrock — Yea
Pogge — Yea
Poindexter — Yea
Rodman — Yea
Rush — Yea
Toscano — Yea
Tyler — Yea
Bell, John J. — Yea
Bell, Richard P. — Yea
Bell, Robert B. — Yea
Jones, J.C. — Yea
Jones, S.C. — Yea
Marshall — Yea
Ayala — Yea
Bourne — Yea
Bulova — Yea
Byron — Yea
Carter — Yea
Cole — Yea
Collins — Yea
Edmunds — Yea
Filler-Corn — Yea
Gilbert — Yea
Helsel — Yea
Ingram — Yea
James — Yea
Keam — Yea
Kory — Yea
Levine — Yea
Lindsey — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Miyares — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Murphy — Yea
Peace — Yea
Plum — Yea
Ransone — Yea
Robinson — Yea
Stolle — Yea
Turpin — Yea
Yancey — Yea
Alfonso H. Lopez — Yea
Barry D. Knight — Yea
Betsy B. Carr — Yea
C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — Yea
Charniele L. Herring — Yea
Christopher T. Head — Yea
Danica A. Roem — Yea
David A. Reid — Yea
Delores L. McQuinn — Yea
Elizabeth R. Guzman — Yea
Emily M. Jordan — Yea
Garrett McGuire — Yea
Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — Yea
Israel D. O'Quinn — Yea
James A. "Jay" Leftwich — Yea
James W. Morefield — Yea
Jeion A. Ward — Yea
Jennifer B. Boysko — Yea
Jennifer D. Carroll Foy — Yea
Joshua E. Thomas — Yea
Karrie K. Delaney — Yea
Kathy K.L. Tran — Yea
Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — Yea
Kimberly Pope Adams — Yea
Kimberly Pope Adams — Yea
Lamont Bagby — Yea
Lashrecse D. Aird — Yea
Luke E. Torian — Yea
M. Keith Hodges — Yea
Marcia S. "Cia" Price — Yea
Marcus B. Simon — Yea
Mark D. Sickles — Yea
Michael J. Webert — Yea
Patrick A. Hope — Yea
Paul E. Krizek — Yea
R. Lee Ware — Yea
Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — Yea
Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. — Yea
Sam Rasoul — Yea
Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — Yea
Terry G. Kilgore — Yea
Terry L. Austin — Yea
Thomas A. Garrett, Jr. — Yea
Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — Yea
Todd E. Pillion — Yea
Tony O. Wilt — Yea
Vivian E. Watts — Yea
Will Davis — Yea

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taxation technology
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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 538 do?
Directs the Department of Taxation and the Virginia Employment Commission to consider the feasibility of permitting taxpayers to submit tax reports and payments electronically for both the Virginia Employment Commission and the Department of Taxation using a single sign-on. The Department and the Commission shall also consider the feasibility, merits, and costs of developing and implementing an identity management system or retaining a contractor to do so.
Who sponsors HB 538?
HB 538 is sponsored by Freitas, Nicholas J..
What is the current status of HB 538?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 08, 2018. Enacted.
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