VirginiaRS and UT; food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products.
What it does
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.
More detail
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.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jul 21Continued from last sessionLatest
- Feb 11Continued to next session in Finance (Voice Vote)
- Feb 9Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)
- Feb 6House subcommittee offered
- Feb 5Assigned HFIN sub: Subcommittee #3Minor
- Jan 28Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (1/28/2026 7:34 pm)
- 2025
- Dec 19Referred to Committee on FinanceMinor
- Dec 19Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102063DIntroduced