HB720Introduced in the House of Delegates
Material harmful to minors; creates tax on electronic distribution.
Introduced by Eric Zehr, District 51
What does this bill do?
Plain-English breakdown
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Official description
Tax on electronic distribution of material harmful to minors. Creates a tax at the rate of 10 percent of the gross receipts of any commercial entity operating an adult website, defined in the bill, for all sales, distributions, memberships, and other content amounting to material harmful to minors, defined in the bill, that is produced, sold, filmed, generated, or otherwise based in the Commonwealth. The bill provides that the revenues generated by this tax shall be deposited into the Behavioral Health and Developmental Services Trust Fund.
Where it stands
Continued to next session in Finance (Voice Vote)
February 11, 2026
How did lawmakers vote?
No recorded vote is available for this bill yet.
What do people think?
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Bill history
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103863D
Referred to Committee on Finance
Assigned HFIN sub: Subcommittee #1
Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (2/7/2026 8:41 pm)
Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)
Continued to next session in Finance (Voice Vote)
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