republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-888.md

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Bill	Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for certain gun safes.	Sales tax exemption; gun safes. Establishes an exemption from retail sales tax for a gun safe with a selling price of $1,500 or less. The bill defines "gun safe" as a safe or vault that is (i) commercially available, (ii) secured with a digital or dial combination locking mechanism or biometric locking mechanism, and (iii) designed for the storage of a firearm or of ammunition for use in a firearm. Under the bill, "gun safe" does not include a glass-faced cabinet. This bill is identical to SB 268.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 888	Virginia HB 888 (2020)	bill		enacted	Eileen Filler-Corn	3	38	10	2020-01-07	2020-03-27	openstates	ocd-bill/53888d7c-0416-4ada-bc91-11937d4492f3	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB888	77c14fb3a9c85eec553bfe0e397ec9990efd32995fcc245acd2e69beb70a5925	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 888 (2020) — Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for certain gun safes.

Sales tax exemption; gun safes. Establishes an exemption from retail sales tax for a gun safe with a selling price of $1,500 or less. The bill defines "gun safe" as a safe or vault that is (i) commercially available, (ii) secured with a digital or dial combination locking mechanism or biometric locking mechanism, and (iii) designed for the storage of a firearm or of ammunition for use in a firearm. Under the bill, "gun safe" does not include a glass-faced cabinet. This bill is identical to SB 268.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0507) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB888ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from TAX (HB888) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate with amendment (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance (21-Y 1-N) — 21–1 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 99-N) — 0–98 (fail) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N) — 6–2 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N) — 97–1 (pass) · lower
• Senate insisted on amendment (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 1-N) — 97–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Eileen Filler-Corn — primary (person)
• Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
• Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
• Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
• Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102042D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2020-01-16 Impact statement from TAX (HB888)
• 2020-01-29 Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
• 2020-01-31 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
• 2020-02-05 Reported from Finance (21-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-06 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-07 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-02-10 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-10 VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N)
• 2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-11 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-02-19 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-21 Reading of amendment waived
• 2020-02-21 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2020-02-21 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2020-02-21 Passed Senate with amendment (38-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-25 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-25 Senate amendment rejected by House (0-Y 99-N)
• 2020-02-25 VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 99-N)
• 2020-02-26 Senate insisted on amendment (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-26 Senate requested conference committee
• 2020-02-26 House acceded to request
• 2020-02-26 Conferees appointed by House
• 2020-02-27 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2020-03-02 Amended by conference committee
• 2020-03-02 Conference report agreed to by House (98-Y 1-N)
• 2020-03-02 VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 1-N)
• 2020-03-03 Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-06 Enrolled
• 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-06 Signed by President
• 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
• 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-03-16 Impact statement from TAX (HB888ER)
• 2020-03-27 Approved by Governor-Chapter 507 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/53888d7c-0416-4ada-bc91-11937d4492f3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).