Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB960
Legislation Overview
Title: Firearms and ammunition; imposes additional sales and use tax, use of proceeds.
Description: Additional state sales tax on firearms and ammunition; use of proceeds; Student Mental Health and Safety Fund and Program. Imposes an additional sales and use tax on the retail sale of firearms and ammunition. The amount of the tax shall be 10 percent minus the amount of tax imposed by all other sales and use taxes levied by the Commonwealth. Revenues from the tax shall be deposited in the Student Mental Health and Safety Fund (the Fund), which is established by the bill. In addition to the Fund, the bill creates the Student Mental Health and Safety Program (the Program). The Program and Fund shall provide grants on a competitive basis to public school divisions for the purpose of funding full-time school counselor positions at a ratio of 250:1 or better, school social worker positions at a ratio of 400:1 or better, and school psychologists at a ratio of 500:1 or better.
Session: 2020 Regular Session
Last Action: Continued to 2021 in Finance by voice vote
Last Action Date: February 5, 2020
Sponsors
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2 sponsors: Mark Levine (D); Ibraheem Samirah (D);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 2% (2 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 5, 2020 | Continued to 2021 in Finance by voice vote |
| House | Jan 31, 2020 | Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2021 by voice vote |
| House | Jan 29, 2020 | Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #3 |
| House | Jan 7, 2020 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103122D |
| House | Jan 7, 2020 | Referred to Committee on Finance |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Prefiled | Jan 7, 2020 | 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
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
