Virginia Senate Bill 1715 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Passed on March 18 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-03-18 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0550)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Sales and use tax; reduced rate on essential personal hygiene products. Applies the reduced state sales and use tax rate of 1.5%, which under current law applies only to food purchased for human consumption, to essential personal hygiene products, defined in the bill as (i) nondurable incontinence products such as diapers, disposable undergarments, pads, and bed sheets; and (ii) menstrual cups and pads, pantyliners, sanitary napkins, tampons, and other products used to absorb or contain menstrual flow. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2020. This bill is identical to HB 2540.

Retail Sales and Use Tax; reduced rate on essential personal hygiene products.

Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]

Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]

2019-02-23 - House - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (96-Y 1-N) (Y: 96 N: 1 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-23 - Senate - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N) (Y: 39 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Senate acceded to request (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-13 - Senate - Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (1-Y 37-N) (Y: 1 N: 37 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2019-02-12 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 1-N) (Y: 97 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-06 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-29 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) (Y: 39 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-24 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-23 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance with amendment (14-Y 1-N 1-A) (Y: 14 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-01-23 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance with amendments (14-Y 1-N 1-A) (Y: 14 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-18		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0550)
2019-03-18		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 550 (effective 1/1/20)
2019-03-11		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
2019-03-11	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2019
2019-03-09	Senate	Signed by President
2019-03-07	House	Signed by Speaker
2019-03-07	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1715ER)
2019-03-07	Senate	Enrolled
2019-02-23	House	VOTE: ADOPTION (96-Y 1-N)
2019-02-23	House	Conference report agreed to by House (96-Y 1-N)
2019-02-23	Senate	Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N)
2019-02-22		Conference: Amended by conference committee
2019-02-13	House	Delegates: Byron, Ransone, Kory
2019-02-13	House	Conferees appointed by House
2019-02-13	Senate	Senators: Boysko, Howell, Dunnavant
2019-02-13	Senate	Conferees appointed by Senate
2019-02-13	Senate	Senate acceded to request (37-Y 0-N)
2019-02-13	House	House requested conference committee
2019-02-13	House	House insisted on substitute
2019-02-13	Senate	House substitute rejected by Senate (1-Y 37-N)
2019-02-12	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 1-N)
2019-02-12	House	Passed House with substitute Block Vote (97-Y 1-N)
2019-02-12	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1715H1
2019-02-12	House	Committee substitute agreed to 19106474D-H1
2019-02-12	House	Read third time
2019-02-11	House	Passed by for the day
2019-02-08	House	Read second time
2019-02-06	House	Committee substitute printed 19106474D-H1
2019-02-06	House	Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
2019-02-05	House	Assigned App. sub: General Government & Capital Outlay
2019-02-04	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2019-02-04	House	Read first time
2019-02-04	House	Placed on Calendar
2019-01-29	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
2019-01-28	Senate	Printed as engrossed 19104566D-E
2019-01-28	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1715E
2019-01-28	Senate	Read second time
2019-01-25	Senate	Passed by for the day
2019-01-25	Senate	Committee amendment agreed to
2019-01-25	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2019-01-25	Senate	Read second time
2019-01-24	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2019-01-23	Senate	Reported from Finance with amendment (14-Y 1-N 1-A)
2019-01-15	Senate	Referred to Committee on Finance
2019-01-15	Senate	Presented and ordered printed 19104566D

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?191+sum+SB1715
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1715+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1715E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1715H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1715ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0550+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S05V0094+SB1715
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S05V0112+SB1715
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0172SB1715+SB1715
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0223SB1715+SB1715
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H02V0172+SB1715
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV2671+SB1715
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0612SB1715+SB1715
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0623SB1715+SB1715
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV1080SB1715+SB1715
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV3352+SB1715