Virginia Senate bill in Session 2026.
Status: enacted. Latest action: April 6, 2026.
Tourism improvement districts; transient occupancy tax in Arlington County.
Tourism improvement districts; transient occupancy tax; Arlington County. 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 raises Arlington County's permissible additional transient occupancy tax from a maximum rate of one-fourth of one percent to one percent.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-13 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-04-06 | Status | enacted |
| 2026-04-06 | Latest Action | Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0163) |