HB 888 Virginia House of Delegates · 2020 Regular Session

Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for certain gun safes.

Summary

Sales tax exemption; gun safes. Establishes an exemption from retail sales tax for a gun safe with a selling price of $1,500 or less. The bill defines "gun safe" as a safe or vault that is (i) commercially available, (ii) secured with a digital or dial combination locking mechanism or biometric locking mechanism, and (iii) designed for the storage of a firearm or of ammunition for use in a firearm. Under the bill, "gun safe" does not include a glass-faced cabinet. This bill is identical to SB 268.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2020

Committee Review

Mar 2020

House of Delegates Passage

Feb 2020

Senate Passage

Feb 2020

Signed into Law

Mar 2020

Introduced Jan 7, 2020 Signed Mar 27, 2020

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Mar 27, 2020

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 507 (effective 7/1/20)

executive

Mar 3, 2020

Upper · Passed

Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)

upper

Mar 2, 2020

Lower · Passed

Conference report agreed to by House (98-Y 1-N)

lower

Mar 2, 2020

Legislature · Passed

Amended by conference committee

legislature

Feb 26, 2020

Upper · Passed

Senate requested conference committee

upper

Feb 26, 2020

Introduced

Senate insisted on amendment (40-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 21, 2020

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate with amendment (38-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 21, 2020

Introduced

Engrossed by Senate as amended

upper

Feb 21, 2020

Upper · Passed

Committee amendment agreed to

upper

Feb 21, 2020

Introduced

Reading of amendment waived

upper

Feb 19, 2020

Upper · Passed

Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 11, 2020

Committee

Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations

upper

Feb 10, 2020

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N)

lower

Feb 5, 2020

Lower · Passed

Reported from Finance (21-Y 1-N)

lower

Jan 31, 2020

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)

lower

Jan 29, 2020

Committee

Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #3

lower

Jan 7, 2020

Committee

Referred to Committee on Finance

lower

Jan 7, 2020

Introduced

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102042D

lower

1 primary · 5 co-sponsors