# Virginia HJ34: Qualifying vehicles, certain; Dept. of Tax. to study options for abolishing personal property tax.

Virginia HJ34, Qualifying vehicles, certain; Dept. of Tax. to study options for abolishing personal property tax., is a 2027 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Lily V. Franklin (Democratic); status passed house, last action 2026-07-21 (Continued from last session) (as of 2026-10-13).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HJ34-2027
- As of: 2026-10-13
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Virginia HJ34
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2027 Regular Session
- Title: Qualifying vehicles, certain; Dept. of Tax. to study options for abolishing personal property tax.
- Status: passed house
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-13
- Last action: 2026-07-21, Continued from last session
- Sponsor: Lily V. Franklin (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Finance and Appropriations
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Study; Department of Taxation; options for abolishing the personal property taxation of certain qualifying vehicles; report. Directs the Department of Taxation to study options for abolishing the personal property taxation of certain qualifying vehicles and to evaluate alternative local revenue sources in order to account for the shortfall in local tax revenues that will result from the abolition of such tax.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Lily V. Franklin (Democratic), House

## Actions (12)

- 2026-07-21: Continued from last session (Senate)
- 2026-03-06: Continued to 2027 in Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N) (Senate)
- 2026-02-02: Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations (Senate)
- 2026-02-02: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (Senate)
- 2026-01-30: Agreed to by House (68-Y 25-N 0-A) (House)
- 2026-01-30: Engrossed by House (House)
- 2026-01-30: Taken up (House)
- 2026-01-27: Reported from Rules (12-Y 6-N) (House)
- 2026-01-23: Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 1-N) (House)
- 2026-01-22: Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee (House)
- 2026-01-13: Referred to Committee on Rules (House)
- 2026-01-13: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103007D (House)

## Bill text

- Introduced, 2026-01-13: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231268.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231267.PDF)

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## Sources
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231268.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231267.PDF)

## Related
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- [HB1535: Individuals with developmental or intellectual disabilities; admissibility of s…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1535-2027)
- [HB1534: School service providers; deletion of student and family personal information.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1534-2027)
- [SB843: Data centers; state permitting, local approval, moratorium, sunset.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB843-2027)
- [SB842: High school student athletes; eligibility, enrollment.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB842-2027)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HJ34-2027 (as of 2026-10-13).