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VA HB703
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/13/2026
Primary Sponsor
Anne Ferrell Tata
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AI Summary
- Removes the sales and use tax exemption for food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products from regional transportation taxes (0.70%) in Planning Districts 8, 15, and 23, and the Historic Triangle's additional 1% tax
- Removes the food and hygiene product exemption from local sales and use taxes levied for school construction and renovation projects
- Establishes that beginning January 1, 2027, no state or local sales/use tax shall be imposed on food for human consumption or essential personal hygiene products under any authority in the tax chapter
- Requires that starting January 1, 2027, localities receive replacement revenue equal to what they would have collected if the local 1% food tax had continued, distributed based on each locality's pro rata share of total sales tax collections
- Effective date is January 1, 2027
Legislative Description
RS & UT; food for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products, delayed effective date.
Last Action
Continued to next session in Finance (Voice Vote)
2/11/2026
Committee Referrals
Finance: Subcommittee #32/5/2026
Finance1/13/2026
Full Bill Text
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