Bill Sponsor
Virginia Senate Bill 9
Session 2026
RS & UT; food for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products, delayed effective date.
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Nov 17, 2025
First Action
Nov 17, 2025
Latest Action
Jan 20, 2026
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill Number
9
State
Virginia
Session
2026
Sponsorship by Party
Senate Votes (1)
checkPassed on January 20, 2026
Motion Text
Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N)
Summary
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 58.1-603.1, as it is currently effective and as it may become effective, 58.1-603.2, 58.1-604.01, as it is currently effective and as it may become effective, 58.1-605.1, 58.1-606.1, and 58.1-611.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to sales and use tax; food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products. 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.
Documents (1)
Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (1/17/2026 10:37 am)
Actions (4)
01/20/2026
Senate
Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N)
01/17/2026
Senate
Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (1/17/2026 10:37 am)
11/17/2025
Senate
Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
11/17/2025
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100497D
Sources
Record Created
Dec 14, 2025 3:02:13 PM
Record Updated
Jan 20, 2026 9:47:12 PM