Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for medicine and drugs purchased by veterinarians.
Summary
Retail sales and use tax; exemption for medicine and drugs purchased by veterinarians. Exempts veterinarians from sales and use tax on the purchase of prescription medicines and drugs that are administered or dispensed to patients within a veterinarian-client-patient relationship. The bill repeals provisions of current law that provide that a veterinarian dispensing or selling medicines or drugs on prescription shall be deemed to be the user or consumer of all such medicines and drugs. The bill provides that the exemption shall be in effect from July 1, 2022, until July 1, 2025. This bill is identical to HB 551.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Jan 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Jan 12, 2022
Signed Apr 11, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Jan 31, 2022 · House of Delegates Feb 28, 2022
How they voted
39–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Jan 31, 2022
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
30
Key actions
8
Committee
8
Amendments
2
Apr 11, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 552 (effective 7/1/22)
executive
Feb 28, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed House (97-Y 2-N)
lower
Feb 23, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 21, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 21, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Finance (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 18, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance
lower
Jan 31, 2022
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 28, 2022
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB517E
upper
Jan 28, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
upper
Jan 28, 2022
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
upper
Jan 26, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (13-Y 2-N)
upper
Jan 26, 2022
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Jan 12, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
upper
Jan 12, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100192D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Louise Lucas
DDemocratic
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