Subcommittee carries multiple tax- and housing-related bills to 2027 or tables measures after recorded votes

The subcommittee considered a broad set of tax and housing proposals and took a range of procedural outcomes: several bills were carried over to the 2027 docket for further work, and others were tabled by recorded vote.

Highlights: - Delegate Reid presented HB 1133, a proposed $50 million Virginia solar and battery investment tax credit (35% of eligible costs, 25% set aside for residential projects). Members noted fiscal impacts and the bill was carried to 2027 for further work. - Delegate Sewell presented HB 1230, a performance-based tax credit to develop a sustainable aviation fuel market (up to $0.75 per gallon, $5 million per producer, $20 million aggregate); producers, forestry and farm groups supported it while fuel retailers warned that narrowly targeted SAF incentives could divert feedstocks and raise pump prices; the subcommittee carried the bill to 2027. - Delegate McAuliffe's HB 504 (a $2,500 Main Street business tax credit, cap $5 million/year) drew support from chambers and hospitality groups but questions about federal SBA small-business definitions led the panel to carry the bill to 2027. - Delegate Leftwich's HB 1135 (affordable housing tax credit) was discussed and ultimately laid on the table by a recorded vote (8–2). - Delegate Runyon's homeownership-energy credit substitute was also laid on the table in a recorded vote. - Delegate Zaire's HB 720 (a tax on commercial adult websites directing receipts to the behavioral-health trust fund) prompted constitutional and enforcement concerns and was carried to 2027 for additional work.

Committee members repeatedly urged tighter drafting and more detailed fiscal analysis for measures with potential out-year costs; several patrons agreed to continue negotiating language and technical fixes before the full committee considers the bills.