# Virginia HB524: Tourism improvement districts; transient occupancy tax in Arlington County.

Virginia HB524, Tourism improvement districts; transient occupancy tax in Arlington County., is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Adele Y. McClure (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-04-06 (Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0162)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-12).

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## Facts
- Bill: Virginia HB524
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2026 Regular Session
- Title: Tourism improvement districts; transient occupancy tax in Arlington County.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-13
- Last action: 2026-04-06, Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0162)
- Sponsor: Adele Y. McClure (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 8 (172 yes, 63 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

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. 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.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Arlington can add tax on lodging: cost, low. The law allows Arlington County to add a lodging tax of up to 1% of the total room or space price. This tax is on top of the county’s existing lodging tax. The county must spend the money to promote tourism and business travel in Arlington. The law does not say whether Arlington has adopted the tax…
- Business owners oversee tourism district nonprofits: mixed, low. Localities with tourism improvement districts can hire nonprofits to carry out district plans and make recommendations about the district. Nonprofits can sign written professional-services agreements with local tourism offices when those offices are divisions of the locality. Administering nonprofi…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Adele Y. McClure (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-02 | Senate | Passed Senate | pass | 21 | 19 |   |
| 2026-02-26 | Senate | Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) | pass | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-26 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) | pass | 40 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-25 | Senate | Reported from Finance and Appropriations | pass | 10 | 5 |   |
| 2026-02-23 | Senate | Reported from Local Government and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations | pass | 8 | 7 |   |
| 2026-02-17 | House | Read third time and passed House | pass | 68 | 28 |   |
| 2026-01-30 | House | Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns | pass | 17 | 4 |   |
| 2026-01-29 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting | pass | 8 | 0 |   |

## Actions (41)

- 2026-04-06: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0162) (Governor)
- 2026-04-06: Approved by Governor-Chapter 162 (effective 7/1/2026) (Governor)
- 2026-03-11: Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (3/11/2026 2:02 pm) (House)
- 2026-03-10: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 (Governor)
- 2026-03-10: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 (House)
- 2026-03-06: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB524ER) (House)
- 2026-03-06: Enrolled (House)
- 2026-03-06: Signed by President (Senate)
- 2026-03-06: Signed by Speaker (House)
- 2026-03-02: Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) (Senate)
- 2026-02-27: Passed by for the day (Senate)
- 2026-02-27: Read third time (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Rules suspended (Senate)
- 2026-02-25: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) (Senate)
- 2026-02-23: Reported from Local Government and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 7-N) (Senate)
- 2026-02-22: Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (2/22/2026 8:38 pm) (House)
- 2026-02-18: Referred to Committee on Local Government (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (Senate)
- 2026-02-17: Read third time and passed House (68-Y 28-N 0-A) (House)
- 2026-02-16: Engrossed by House - floor substitute (House)
- 2026-02-16: Delegate McClure Floor substitute agreed to (House)
- 2026-02-16: Read second time (House)
- 2026-02-16: Floor Offered (House)
- 2026-02-16: Floor substitute printed 26108044D-H1 (McClure) (House)
- 2026-02-13: Passed by for the day (House)
- 2026-02-12: Passed by for the day (House)
- 2026-02-11: Passed by for the day (House)
- 2026-02-10: Passed by for the day (House)
- 2026-02-09: Passed by for the day (House)
- 2026-02-06: Passed by for the day (House)
- 2026-02-05: Passed by for the day (House)
- 2026-02-04: Passed by for the day (House)
- 2026-02-03: Read first time (House)
- 2026-01-30: Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (17-Y 4-N) (House)
- 2026-01-29: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2026-01-28: Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #2 (House)
- 2026-01-17: Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (1/17/2026 12:42 pm) (House)
- 2026-01-13: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns (House)
- 2026-01-13: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102965D (House)

## Bill text

- Chaptered, 2026-04-06: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216926.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216925.PDF)
- Enrolled, 2026-03-06: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194048.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194047.PDF)
- Substitute, 2026-02-16: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1149118.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1149117.PDF)
- Introduced, 2026-01-13: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1084800.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1084799.PDF)

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- HB5: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties. (signed)
- SB199: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties. (signed)
- HB95: Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement. (signed)
- HB1393: Electric utilities; pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for certain individuals. (signed)
- HB834: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fire or casualty damage, termination by landlord. (signed)
- HB675: Protection of employees; coercion or threat based on immigration status, civil penalty. (signed)

## Sources
- [Chaptered (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216926.HTML)
- [Chaptered (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216925.PDF)
- [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194048.HTML)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194047.PDF)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1149118.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1149117.PDF)
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1084800.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1084799.PDF)

## Related
- [HB5: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB5-2026)
- [SB199: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB199-2026)
- [HB95: Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB95-2026)
- [HB1393: Electric utilities; pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1393-2026)
- [HB834: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fire or casualty damage, terminat…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB834-2026)
- [HB675: Protection of employees; coercion or threat based on immigration status, civil…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB675-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB524-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).