Virginia House Bill 888 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Passed on March 27 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-27 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0507)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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.

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

Del. Eileen Filler-Corn [D]	Del. Chris Hurst [D]	Del. Karrie Delaney [D]	Del. Mark Keam [D]
Del. Mark Levine [D]	Del. Kathleen Murphy [D]

2020-03-03 - Senate - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-02 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 1-N) (Y: 98 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-26 - Senate - Senate: Senate insisted on amendment (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-25 - House - House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 99-N) (Y: 0 N: 99 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2020-02-21 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-19 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-10 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N) (Y: 98 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-05 - House - House: Reported from Finance (21-Y 1-N) (Y: 21 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-05 - House - House: Reported from Finance (21-Y 1-N) (Y: 21 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-05 - House - House: Reported from Finance (21-Y 1-N) (Y: 21 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-31 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N) (Y: 6 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-27		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0507)
2020-03-27		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 507 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-12		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-12	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
2020-03-06	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-06	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-06	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB888ER)
2020-03-06	House	Enrolled
2020-03-03	Senate	Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2020-03-02	House	VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 1-N)
2020-03-02	House	Conference report agreed to by House (98-Y 1-N)
2020-03-02		Conference: Amended by conference committee
2020-02-27	Senate	Senators: Bell, Boysko, Ebbin
2020-02-27	Senate	Conferees appointed by Senate
2020-02-26	House	Delegates: Hurst, Sullivan, Robinson
2020-02-26	House	Conferees appointed by House
2020-02-26	House	House acceded to request
2020-02-26	Senate	Senate requested conference committee
2020-02-26	Senate	Senate insisted on amendment (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-25	House	VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 99-N)
2020-02-25	House	Senate amendment rejected by House (0-Y 99-N)
2020-02-25	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-02-21	Senate	Passed Senate with amendment (38-Y 0-N)
2020-02-21	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended
2020-02-21	Senate	Committee amendment agreed to
2020-02-21	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2020-02-21	Senate	Read third time
2020-02-20	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-19	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N)
2020-02-11	Senate	Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
2020-02-11	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-10	House	VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N)
2020-02-10	House	Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N)
2020-02-07	House	Read second time and engrossed
2020-02-06	House	Read first time
2020-02-05	House	Reported from Finance (21-Y 1-N)
2020-01-31	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
2020-01-29	House	Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #3
2020-01-07	House	Referred to Committee on Finance
2020-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102042D

SB268 (Same As) 2020-03-06 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0191)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
58	1	609.10	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB888
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB888+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB888ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0507+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H1003V0016+HB0888
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H10V0086+HB0888
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H10V0188+HB0888
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H10V0237+HB0888
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0719+HB0888
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S05V0366+HB0888
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0771HB0888+HB0888
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0801HB0888+HB0888
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1330+HB0888
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1114HB0888+HB0888
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1653+HB0888
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1396HB0888+HB0888