HB703Introduced in the House of Delegates
RS & UT; food for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products, delayed effective date.
Introduced by Anne Ferrell Tata, District 99
What does this bill do?
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Official description
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.
Where it stands
Continued to next session in Finance (Voice Vote)
February 11, 2026
How did lawmakers vote?
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Bill history
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103660D
Referred to Committee on Finance
Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (1/23/2026 2:04 pm)
Assigned HFIN sub: Subcommittee #3
Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)
Continued to next session in Finance (Voice Vote)
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