HB 551 Virginia House of Delegates · 2022 Regular Session

Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for medicine and drugs purchased by veterinarians.

Summary
Retail sales and use tax; exemption for medicine and drugs purchased by veterinarians. Exempts veterinarians from sales and use tax on the purchase of prescription medicines and drugs that are administered or dispensed to patients within a veterinarian-client-patient relationship. The bill repeals provisions of current law that provide that a veterinarian dispensing or selling medicines or drugs on prescription shall be deemed to be the user or consumer of all such medicines and drugs. The bill provides that the exemption shall be in effect from July 1, 2022, until July 1, 2025. This bill is identical to SB 517.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Jan 11, 2022 Signed Apr 11, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Mar 2, 2022 · House of Delegates Feb 1, 2022

How they voted

330
Passed
Total votes 33
Mar 2, 2022
D Democratic17
17 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican16
16 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
35
Key actions
11
Committee
11
Amendments
4
Apr 11, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 551 (effective 7/1/22)
executive
Mar 2, 2022
Introduced
Senate amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 2-N)
lower
Mar 2, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Mar 2, 2022
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Mar 2, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
upper
Mar 2, 2022
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Mar 1, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 2, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 1, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-N)
lower
Jan 31, 2022
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB551E
lower
Jan 31, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
lower
Jan 26, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Finance with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 26, 2022
Lower · Passed
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 24, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 24, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 24, 2022
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 20, 2022
Committee
Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100201D
lower
1 primary · 18 co-sponsors

Sponsors