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HB1180 House Bill
Enacted
2026-03-31

Income tax, state; free tax filing program for individuals

Department of Taxation; free tax filing program for individuals. Directs the Tax Commissioner to develop and offer a free individual state income tax filing program, effective beginning in taxable year 2028, that is similar to the federal Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Direct File Program as it existed during the 2025 tax filing season. The bill contains technical amendments that remove obsolete language regarding fillable forms. This bill is identical to SB 591.

Bill Details

State

Virginia

Session

2026 Regular Regular Session

Chamber

House

Official Source

lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1180

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Sponsors

Kimberly Pope Adams (Rep - D)
Bonita Anthony (Rep - D)
Kathy Tran (Rep - D)
Elizabeth Bennett-Parker (Sen - D)
Stacey Annie Carroll (Rep - D)
Nicole Cole (Rep - D)

Action History

2026-03-31 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0031)
2026-03-31 Approved by Governor-Chapter 31 (effective 7/1/2026)
2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
2026-03-10 H Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
2026-02-24 H Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (2/24/2026 7:54 am)
2026-02-23 S Signed by President
2026-02-23 H Signed by Speaker
2026-02-23 H Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1180ER)
2026-02-23 H Enrolled
2026-02-19 S Passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
2026-02-19 S Read third time
2026-02-18 S Passed by for the day
2026-02-18 S Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
2026-02-18 S Rules suspended
2026-02-18 S Read second time
2026-02-17 S Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N)
2026-02-16 H Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (2/16/2026 4:56 pm)
2026-02-16 H Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (2/16/2026 2:27 pm)
2026-02-11 S Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
2026-02-11 S Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
2026-02-10 H Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
2026-02-09 H Engrossed by House as amended
2026-02-09 H committee amendment agreed to
2026-02-09 H Read second time
2026-02-06 H Read first time
2026-02-04 H Reported from Finance with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
2026-02-02 H Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
2026-02-02 H House subcommittee offered
2026-01-26 H Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (1/26/2026 8:22 pm)
2026-01-14 H Referred to Committee on Finance
2026-01-14 H Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100215D

Votes

2026-02-02 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N) Yea: 10 Nay: 0
2026-02-04 Reported from Finance with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) Yea: 22 Nay: 0
2026-02-10 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) Yea: 98 Nay: 0
2026-02-17 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) Yea: 13 Nay: 0
2026-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A) Yea: 38 Nay: 0
2026-02-19 Passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A) Yea: 39 Nay: 0

Committee Referrals

2026-01-14 H Finance
2026-02-11 S Finance and Appropriations

Amendments

0000-00-00 Finance Amendment
0000-00-00 Subcommittee #1 Subcommittee Amendment
0000-00-00 Finance Amendment

Bill Text Versions

2026-01-14 Introduced
2026-02-09 Engrossed
2026-02-23 Enrolled
2026-03-31 Chaptered

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