HB 703 Virginia House of Delegates · 2026 Regular Session

RS & UT; food for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products, delayed effective date.

Summary
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.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Last action Feb 11, 2026
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Committee
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Feb 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)
lower
Feb 5, 2026
Committee
Assigned HFIN sub: Subcommittee #3
lower
Jan 13, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance
lower
1 primary · 30 co-sponsors

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