Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB696
Legislation Overview
Title: Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for essential personal hygiene products.
Subject: Sales and Use Tax: Taxation
Description: Sales and use tax; exemption for essential personal hygiene products. Provides a sales and use tax exemption for essential personal hygiene products, defined in the bill as (i) nondurable incontinence products such as diapers, disposable undergarments, pads, and bed sheets and (ii) menstrual cups and pads, panty liners, sanitary napkins, tampons, and other products used to absorb or contain menstrual flow. Under current law, such products are taxed at a reduced state sales and use tax rate of 1.5 percent and the standard local rate of one percent. The bill contains technical amendments.
Session: 2022 Regular Session
Last Action: Tabled in Finance (16-Y 5-N)
Last Action Date: February 2, 2022
Sponsors
Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.
1 sponsors: Mark Keam (D);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 2, 2022 | Tabled in Finance (16-Y 5-N) |
| House | Jan 20, 2022 | Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #3 |
| House | Jan 11, 2022 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102893D |
| House | Jan 11, 2022 | Referred to Committee on Finance |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Prefiled | Jan 11, 2022 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| House: Tabled in Finance (16-Y 5-N) | 02/2/2022 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
