republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-1308.md

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Bill	Sales and use tax; collection of taxes from consuming contractors.	Removes the exception that persons selling certain products, such as window shades, kitchen equipment, and countertops, are deemed to be retailers and not consuming contractors for purposes of collecting sales and use tax, even if they intend to install such items for contractors. Generally, tangible personal property incorporated into real property is deemed to have been purchased for consumption by the contractor. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 1308	Virginia SB 1308 (2017)	bill	Sales and Use Tax Taxation	enacted	Ryan T. McDougle	3	15	5	2017-01-10	2017-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/117b7793-2503-4be8-8196-a079819d8b92	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1308	afd617a0f4fe74c48d0f104919af2acd9e7e6fa0ed2992cc3e126594f1d9d201	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1308 (2017) — Sales and use tax; collection of taxes from consuming contractors.

Removes the exception that persons selling certain products, such as window shades, kitchen equipment, and countertops, are deemed to be retailers and not consuming contractors for purposes of collecting sales and use tax, even if they intend to install such items for contractors. Generally, tangible personal property incorporated into real property is deemed to have been purchased for consumption by the contractor. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0449) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1308ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101521D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Finance — 14–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Finance — 22–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Ryan T. McDougle — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101521D introduction
• 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2017-01-27 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-02-02 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-02 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-02 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2017-02-14 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-15 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-15 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2017-02-17 Enrolled
• 2017-02-17 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-20 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
• 2017-03-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 449 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/117b7793-2503-4be8-8196-a079819d8b92. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).