---
type: "Bill"
title: "RS&UT; exemption for food purchased for human consumption & essential personal hygiene products."
description: "RS&UT; exemption for food purchased for human consumption & essential personal hygiene products."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022S1"
identifier: "HB 90"
citation: "Virginia HB 90 (2022S1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McNamara"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 49
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2022-01-06"
last_action: "2022-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4dee6e29-03a0-4ec1-a91e-d60df40c239a"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+sum+HB90"
source_hash: "4f77cfc9746d2f9626d5c0bfb8ce2c68cdf333901751f24f2c3ae79680953bda"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 90 (2022S1) — RS&UT; exemption for food purchased for human consumption & essential personal hygiene products.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0005** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+ful+CHAP0005)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22106361D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+ful+HB90H1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 22107276D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+ful+HB90S1)
4. **Conference substitute printed 22208236D-H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+ful+HB90H2)
5. **HB90ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+ful+HB90ER)
6. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100681D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+ful+HB90)

## Votes

- Reported from Finance (13-Y 8-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 97-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (88-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (80-Y 20-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Senate insisted on substitute (34-Y 6-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (18-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- McNamara — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100681D `introduction`
- **2022-01-06** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-23** Impact statement from TAX (HB90)
- **2022-02-02** Reported from Finance (13-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-02** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (18-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-11** Committee substitute printed 22106361D-H1 `substitution`
- **2022-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** Committee substitute agreed to 22106361D-H1
- **2022-02-14** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB90H1
- **2022-02-15** Read third time and passed House (80-Y 20-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-15** VOTE: Passage (80-Y 20-N)
- **2022-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** Impact statement from TAX (HB90H1)
- **2022-02-24** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-03-01** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-01** Committee substitute printed 22107276D-S1 `substitution`
- **2022-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** Reading of substitute waived
- **2022-03-02** Committee substitute agreed to 22107276D-S1
- **2022-03-02** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB90S1
- **2022-03-02** Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 2-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-02** Senate substitute rejected by House 22107276D-S1 (0-Y 97-N)
- **2022-03-02** VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 97-N)
- **2022-03-02** Passed by temporarily
- **2022-03-02** Senate insisted on substitute (34-Y 6-N)
- **2022-03-02** Senate requested conference committee
- **2022-03-02** House acceded to request
- **2022-03-02** Conferees appointed by House
- **2022-03-02** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2022-03-04** Impact statement from TAX (HB90S1)
- **2022-03-12** Continued to 2022 Sp. Sess. 1 pursuant to HJR455
- **2022-06-17** Amended by conference committee
- **2022-06-17** Conference substitute printed 22208236D-H2
- **2022-06-17** Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-06-17** Conference report agreed to by House (88-Y 1-N)
- **2022-06-17** VOTE: Adoption (88-Y 1-N)
- **2022-07-20** Enrolled
- **2022-07-20** Impact statement from TAX (HB90ER)
- **2022-07-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-07-21** Signed by President
- **2022-07-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on July 28, 2022
- **2022-07-28** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., August 4, 2022
- **2022-08-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 5 (effective on the 1st day of the 4th month following the month `executive-signature`
- **2022-08-04** of adjournment of the 2022 Special Session l)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4dee6e29-03a0-4ec1-a91e-d60df40c239a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).