HB2185
Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for personal protective equipment.
Summary
As Introduced. Sales tax; exemption for personal protective equipment; emergency.
Establishes a retail sales and use tax exemption for personal protective equipment, defined in the bill. The exemption is available to any business that has in place a COVID-19 safety protocol that complies with the Emergency Temporary Standard promulgated by the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry and that meets ... (More) other criteria. The exemption sunsets on the first day following the expiration of the last executive order issued by the Governor related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the termination of the COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard and any permanent COVID-19 regulations adopted by the Virginia Safety and Health Codes Board. The bill contains an emergency clause and is identical to SB 1403. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/13/2021 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/21 21102420D
- 01/13/2021 - House: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 01/16/2021 - House: Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/17/2021 - House: Impact statement from TAX (HB2185)
- 01/28/2021 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/2021 - House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/01/2021 - House: Reported from Finance (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/2021 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/03/2021 - House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/2021 - House: Read first time
- 02/04/2021 - House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/05/2021 - House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/2021 - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/2021 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/05/2021 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
- 02/05/2021 - Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/2021 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/2021 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/2021 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/17/2021 - Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/2021 - House: Enrolled
- 02/22/2021 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2185ER)
- 02/22/2021 - Senate: Signed by President
- 02/24/2021 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/25/2021 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
- 02/25/2021 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 02/25/2021 - House: Impact statement from TAX (HB2185ER)
- 03/11/2021 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 55 (effective 3/11/21)
- 03/11/2021 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0055)
