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HB 919 VA
Introduced

Retail Sales and Use Tax; impose firearm and ammunition tax.

VA · session 2027 · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Jan 13, 2026

Latest action (Jul 21, 2026) Continued from last session

Summary

This bill would impose a new tax on firearms and ammunition sales in Virginia. The tax would be added to the state's retail sales and use tax system. The bill would establish definitions, rates, and procedures for collecting the firearm and ammunition tax. Revenue from the tax would be collected as part of the state's regular sales tax system on all firearm and ammunition transactions.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill (from the OpenStates abstract — no full text available yet) — neutral, and may be imperfect.

Official abstract

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 58.1 a chapter numbered 6.3, consisting of sections numbered 58.1-663 through 58.1-666, relating to retail sales and use tax; firearm and ammunition tax.

Sponsor (1)

Action history (16)
  1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102202D · lower
  2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Finance · lower
  3. Feb 1, 2026 Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (2/1/2026 2:11 pm) · lower
  4. Feb 6, 2026 Assigned HFIN sub: Subcommittee #2 · lower
  5. Feb 10, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
  6. Feb 10, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 2-N) · lower
  7. Feb 10, 2026 Reconsidered by Finance (Voice Vote) · lower
  8. Feb 10, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 4-N) · lower
  9. Feb 11, 2026 Reported from Finance with substitute (14-Y 7-N) · lower
  10. Feb 11, 2026 Incorporates HB1094 (Laufer) · lower
  11. Feb 12, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107624D-H1 · lower
  12. Feb 13, 2026 Read first time · lower
  13. Feb 16, 2026 Motion to rerefer to Finance agreed to · lower
  14. Feb 16, 2026 Rereferred to Finance · lower
  15. Feb 16, 2026 Continued pursuant to House Rule 22 to 2027 in Finance · lower
  16. Jul 21, 2026 Continued from last session · lower

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