HB 703 VA

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Introduced

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. Under current law, no other sales and use tax is applied to such products. 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. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027.

• Anne Ferrell Tata Republican · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103660D · lower
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Finance · lower
3. Jan 23, 2026 Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (1/23/2026 2:04 pm) · lower
4. Feb 5, 2026 Assigned HFIN sub: Subcommittee #3 · lower
5. Feb 9, 2026 Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote) · lower
6. Feb 11, 2026 Continued to next session in Finance (Voice Vote) · lower

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

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