Virginia bills · 2026 Regular Session
Virginia HB 703
RS & UT; food for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products, delayed effective date.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- Anne Ferrell Tata (Republican)
Cosponsors (31)
- Eric R. Zehr (Republican)
- Scott A. Wyatt (Republican)
- Thomas C. Wright, Jr. (Republican)
- Tony O. Wilt (Republican)
- Wren M. Williams (Republican)
- Bill Wiley (Republican)
- Madison Whittle (Republican)
- Michael J. Webert (Republican)
- R. Lee Ware (Republican)
- Wendell S. Walker (Republican)
- H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr. (Republican)
- Chris S. Runion (Republican)
- Eric Phillips (Republican)
- Justin Pence (Republican)
- Israel D. O'Quinn (Republican)
- Delores Oates (Republican)
- James W. Morefield (Republican)
- Joseph P. McNamara (Republican)
- Ellen H. McLaughlin
- James A. "Jay" Leftwich (Republican)
- Terry G. Kilgore (Republican)
- Hillary Pugh Kent (Republican)
- M. Keith Hodges (Republican)
- Karen Hamilton (Republican)
- Timothy P. Griffin (Republican)
- Thomas A. Garrett, Jr. (Republican)
- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. (Republican)
- Will Davis (Republican)
- Mitchell Cornett (Republican)
- Mike A. Cherry (Republican)
- Jason S. Ballard (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. 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. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027.
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 5, 2026 · House
Assigned HFIN sub: Subcommittee #3 - Jan 23, 2026 · House
Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (1/23/2026 2:04 pm) - Jan 13, 2026 · House
Referred to Committee on Finance - Jan 13, 2026 · House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103660D