---
type: "Bill"
title: "Retail Sales and Use Tax; media-related exemptions, sunset."
description: "Retail sales and use tax; media-related exemptions; sunset. Extends from 2025 to 2028 the expiration of the retail sales and use tax exemption for certain printed materials purchased by an advertising business from a printer in the Commonwealth, so long as such materials are distributed outside of the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to SB 871."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 2675"
citation: "Virginia HB 2675 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marcus B. Simon"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-15"
last_action: "2025-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa734c43-9ebe-4298-a2ca-396b361417fe"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2675"
source_hash: "0b99a3d873c18ff78de8d1c674464cd6c0fdd5332a3414df0ebef5ba016be01b"
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 2675 (2025) — Retail Sales and Use Tax; media-related exemptions, sunset.

Retail sales and use tax; media-related exemptions; sunset. Extends from 2025 to 2028 the expiration of the retail sales and use tax exemption for certain printed materials purchased by an advertising business from a printer in the Commonwealth, so long as such materials are distributed outside of the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to SB 871.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1021347.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072486.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1050275.PDF)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (95-Y 2-N) — **95–2** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance (20-Y 2-N) — **20–2** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Marcus B. Simon — primary (person)
- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-15** Presented and ordered printed 25102296D `introduction`
- **2025-01-15** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-24** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-25** Impact statement from TAX (HB2675)
- **2025-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
- **2025-01-29** Reported from Finance (20-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (95-Y 2-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-11** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-11** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-12** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-12** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-17** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-02-17** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2675ER) `passage`
- **2025-02-17** Impact statement from TAX (HB2675)
- **2025-02-17** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-03** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 307 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0307)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fa734c43-9ebe-4298-a2ca-396b361417fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).