republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1738.md

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Bill	Retail sales and use tax; aviation parts, engines, and supplies.	Creates an exemption from the retail sales and use tax for parts, engines, and supplies used for maintaining, repairing, or reconditioning aircraft, including unmanned aerial systems. The exemption does not apply to tools and other equipment not attached to or that does not become a part of the aircraft. The exemption is effective from July 1, 2018, to July 1, 2022.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1738	Virginia HB 1738 (2017)	bill	Aviation Sales and Use Tax Taxation	enacted	Richard L. Anderson	4	18	8	2017-01-07	2017-03-24	openstates	ocd-bill/a5376669-bbde-4883-8fb3-7701f09d6edf	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1738	be4e476e6d5b2c3e6da17ef3c343a24ce3bfa7b9af1fea4f1d5da26c509847e2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1738 (2017) — Retail sales and use tax; aviation parts, engines, and supplies.

Creates an exemption from the retail sales and use tax for parts, engines, and supplies used for maintaining, repairing, or reconditioning aircraft, including unmanned aerial systems. The exemption does not apply to tools and other equipment not attached to or that does not become a part of the aircraft. The exemption is effective from July 1, 2018, to July 1, 2022.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0714) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1738ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Committee substitute printed 17104745D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101016D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Finance with substitute — 21–1 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 9–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Finance — 16–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House — 91–5 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Richard L. Anderson — primary (person)
• Daniel W. Marshall, III — cosponsor (person)
• David E. Yancey — cosponsor (person)
• Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101016D introduction
• 2017-01-07 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2017-01-20 Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2017-01-25 Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
• 2017-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-06 Committee substitute agreed to 17104745D-H1
• 2017-02-06 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1738H1
• 2017-02-07 Read third time and passed House (91-Y 5-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2017-02-16 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-20 Enrolled
• 2017-02-20 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-21 Signed by President
• 2017-02-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
• 2017-02-21 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 714 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a5376669-bbde-4883-8fb3-7701f09d6edf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).