SB 268 Virginia Senate · 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 $1,000 or less. The bill defines a 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, a gun safe does not include a glass-faced cabinet. The bill sunsets on July 1, 2025.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2020

Committee Review

Feb 2020

Senate Passage

Jan 2020

House of Delegates Passage

Feb 2020

Signed into Law

Mar 2020

Introduced Jan 3, 2020 Signed Mar 6, 2020

Floor votes

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This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.

Full legislative history

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Committee

Amendments

Mar 6, 2020

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 191 (effective 7/1/20)

executive

Feb 17, 2020

Lower · Passed

Passed House with substitute (99-Y 1-N)

lower

Feb 17, 2020

Lower · Passed

Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB268H1

lower

Feb 17, 2020

Lower · Passed

Committee substitute agreed to 20108161D-H1

lower

Feb 12, 2020

Lower · Passed

Reported from Finance with substitute (22-Y 0-N)

lower

Feb 12, 2020

Committee

Referred to Committee on Finance

lower

Jan 24, 2020

Upper · Passed

Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)

upper

Jan 23, 2020

Introduced

Engrossed by Senate as amended SB268E

upper

Jan 23, 2020

Upper · Passed

Committee amendment agreed to

upper

Jan 23, 2020

Introduced

Reading of amendment waived

upper

Jan 21, 2020

Upper · Passed

Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N)

upper

Jan 8, 2020

Upper · Passed

Moved from Finance to Finance and Appropriations due to a change of the committee name

upper

Jan 3, 2020

Committee

Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations

upper

Jan 3, 2020

Introduced

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102386D

upper

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor