Del. Joe McNamara

Primary HB 540

In committee · Virginia House of Delegates · Lead sponsor

Sales and use tax; exemption for food purchased for human consumption & essential personal hygiene.

Sales tax; exemption for food purchased forhuman consumption and essential personal hygiene products. Providesan exemption from local sales and use tax beginning July 1, 2024,for food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygieneproducts. The bill also provides an allocation of state revenuesto fund the distribution to localities for funding that would havebeen distributed to them absent the exemption created by the bill.Under current law, such products are exempt from state sales anduse tax but are subject to the standard local rate of one percent.

In committee Feb 7, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 88

In committee · Virginia House of Delegates · Lead sponsor

Income tax, state; removes sunset on elevated standard deduction amounts.

Virginia taxable income; standard deduction.Removes the sunset on elevated standard deduction amounts forsingle individuals and married persons that was scheduled to expirefor taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2026.

In committee Feb 7, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Co-sponsor SJ 43

Passed · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Celebrating the life of Janet Marie Brooking.

Celebrating the life of Janet Marie Brooking.

Passed Feb 5, 2024 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor SJ 63

Passed · Virginia Senate · Co-sponsor

Commending Peter A. Blake.

Commending Peter A. Blake.

Passed Feb 5, 2024 1 co-sponsor Track

Co-sponsor HB 809

In committee · Virginia House of Delegates · Co-sponsor

Electric utilities; federal funding resources.

Department of Energy; State Corporation Commission;federal funding resources for electric utilities; report. Directsthe Department of Energy, in collaboration with the State CorporationCommission, to estimate and analyze total and discrete federal fundingresources available to electric utilities in the Commonwealth fortransmission, generation, distribution, or grid transformation projects.The bill directs the Department to develop a benchmarking and trackingsystem to encourage the maximum leveraging of federal funding resourcesby electric utilities no later than October 1, 2025. The bill requiresthe Department and the Commission to complete their meetings by November30, 2024, and to submit an executive summary and report of theirfindings to the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation.

In committee Feb 1, 2024 1 co-sponsor Track

Primary HB 469

In committee · Virginia House of Delegates · Lead sponsor

Electric utilities; retail competition, aggregated competitive purchasers.

Electric utilities; retail competition; aggregated competitive purchasers. Creates a limited exception to the requirementthat the State Corporation Commission must find that a petition forcertain competitive purchasers to aggregate their demands to becomequalified to purchase retail electric energy is consistent with thepublic interest in order for the Commission to approve such petition. The bill provides that a customer seeking such approval may remunerate the utility for any adverse effects to the incumbent utility or itsremaining utility customers contrary to the public interest as determinedby the Commission. The bill also provides that such customers shallnot be denied permission to procure retail electric energy from acompetitive supplier and that such remuneration fee shall be recalculatedby the Commission on a triennial basis from when a customer commencesa competitive service agreement.

In committee Jan 30, 2024 0 co-sponsors Track

Primary HB 2193

Signed into law · Virginia House of Delegates · Lead sponsor

Income tax, state; rolling conformity, report.

Signed into law Apr 12, 2023 0 co-sponsors

Primary HB 1456

Signed into law · Virginia House of Delegates · Lead sponsor

Income tax, state; pass-through entities.

Signed into law Mar 27, 2023 0 co-sponsors

Primary HB 1405

Signed into law · Virginia House of Delegates · Lead sponsor

Income tax, corporate; returns, affiliated corporations.

Signed into law Mar 26, 2023 0 co-sponsors

Primary HB 1442

Signed into law · Virginia House of Delegates · Lead sponsor

Transient occupancy tax; administration.

Signed into law Mar 23, 2023 0 co-sponsors