HB 13 — RS and UT; food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products.
VA 20261 session
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 beginning on July 1, 2026. 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.
Latest action: — Continued
Sponsors (11)
- Joseph P. McNamara (R, VA) — sponsor
- Mike A. Cherry (R, VA) — cosponsor
- Mitchell Cornett (R, VA) — cosponsor
- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. (R, VA) — cosponsor
- Karen Hamilton (R, VA) — cosponsor
- Terry G. Kilgore (R, VA) — cosponsor
- Ellen H. McLaughlin (R, VA) — cosponsor
- Delores Oates (R, VA) — cosponsor
- Phillip A. Scott (R, VA) — cosponsor
- Wendell S. Walker (R, VA) — cosponsor
- Eric R. Zehr (R, VA) — cosponsor
Action timeline (7)
- · house · H4020 —
- · house · H1001 —
- · house · H8500 —
- · house · H1012 —
- · house · H8120 —
- · house · H1043 —
- · house · H1040 —
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1 typed relationship in the influence graph — 0 inbound, 1 outbound, grouped by type.
referred to committee (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | HFIN Sub: Subcommittee #3 | — | va-leg |
Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joseph P. McNamara (R, state_lower VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Delores Oates (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Ellen H. McLaughlin (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Eric R. Zehr (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Karen Hamilton (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Mike A. Cherry (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Mitchell Cornett (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Phillip A. Scott (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Terry G. Kilgore (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Wendell S. Walker (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Stance (positions taken)
Predicted vote
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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- 2026-05-24 · was referred to HFIN Sub: Subcommittee #3 · va-leg