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type: "Bill"
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title: "Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption of certain textbooks and other educational materials."
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description: "Extends the sunset date from July 1, 2017, to July 1, 2022, for the sales and use tax exemption for textbooks and other educational materials that are withdrawn from inventory at book-publishing distribution facilities for free distribution to professors and other individuals who have an educational focus."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 2377"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2377 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Education", "Sales and Use Tax", "Taxation"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Nicholas J. Freitas"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2017-01-17"
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last_action: "2017-02-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97ec418e-22e9-4593-ba75-6d9a7a72f5c4"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2377"
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source_hash: "8b947b41f3d75aad0f5a8eb689069e6461f955e48fbab58b7291e282b465d6bc"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 2377 (2017) — Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption of certain textbooks and other educational materials.
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Extends the sunset date from July 1, 2017, to July 1, 2022, for the sales and use tax exemption for textbooks and other educational materials that are withdrawn from inventory at book-publishing distribution facilities for free distribution to professors and other individuals who have an educational focus.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0054)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0054)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2377ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2377ER)
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3. **House: Presented and ordered printed 17103903D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2377)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Finance — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Finance — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Nicholas J. Freitas — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-17** Presented and ordered printed 17103903D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-17** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-25** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-26** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-09** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-13** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-13** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-13** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/14/17
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- **2017-02-14** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2017
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- **2017-02-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 54 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97ec418e-22e9-4593-ba75-6d9a7a72f5c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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