HB 524 Virginia House of Delegates · 2026 Regular Session

Tourism improvement districts; transient occupancy tax in Arlington County.

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 status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Signed Apr 6, 2026
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What changed between versions

Enrolled Chaptered · 3 edits
MINOR
This bill formalizes the final passage of HB 524 by assigning it a chapter number and adding the specific approval date of April 6, 2026. It removes the generic 'Approved' placeholder and replaces it with the enacted date, confirming the law is now in effect. The substantive policy content regarding tourism districts, nonprofits, and taxes remains unchanged.
Scope change
The bill's scope and applicability are unchanged; only the metadata regarding its enactment status has been updated.
TECHNICAL

Added the specific chapter number (Chapter 162) to identify the bill in the official code.

Added the specific approval date (April 6, 2026) to replace the generic 'Approved' text.

Removed the session header and generic approval status lines as they were replaced by the specific chapter and date information.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 26, 2026 · House of Delegates Feb 17, 2026

How they voted

390
Passed
Total votes 39
Feb 26, 2026
D Democratic20
20 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
41
Key actions
20
Committee
7
Apr 6, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 162 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive
Mar 6, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB524ER)
lower
Mar 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A)
upper
Feb 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
upper
Feb 25, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
upper
Feb 23, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Local Government and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 7-N)
upper
Feb 18, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Local Government
upper
Feb 17, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (68-Y 28-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 13, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
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Feb 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
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Feb 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
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Feb 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
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Feb 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
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Feb 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
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Feb 5, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
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Feb 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
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Jan 30, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (17-Y 4-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 28, 2026
Committee
Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 13, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Adele McClure
Adele McClure
DDemocratic
VA
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