Virginia bills · 2026 Regular Session
Virginia HB 13
RS and UT; food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- Joseph P. McNamara (Republican)
Cosponsors (10)
- Eric R. Zehr (Republican)
- Wendell S. Walker (Republican)
- Phillip A. Scott (Republican)
- Delores Oates (Republican)
- Ellen H. McLaughlin
- Terry G. Kilgore (Republican)
- Karen Hamilton (Republican)
- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. (Republican)
- Mitchell Cornett (Republican)
- Mike A. Cherry (Republican)
Summary
Official abstract published by the Virginia legislature· SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED
Sales and use tax; food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products. Eliminates the remaining one percent local sales and use tax that is imposed on food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products beginning on July 1, 2026. Under current law, no other sales and use tax is applied to such products. The bill requires an equivalent amount of revenue to be distributed to cities and counties on a monthly basis in compensation for the lost tax revenue.
Text versions
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Feb 11, 2026 · House
Continued to next session in Finance (Voice Vote) - Feb 9, 2026 · House
Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote) - Feb 6, 2026 · House
House subcommittee offered - Feb 5, 2026 · House
Assigned HFIN sub: Subcommittee #3 - Jan 28, 2026 · House
Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (1/28/2026 7:34 pm) - Dec 19, 2025 · House
Referred to Committee on Finance - Dec 19, 2025 · House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102063D