republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-268.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 HB 888.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 268	Virginia SB 268 (2020)	bill		enacted	John J. Bell	5	33	6	2020-01-03	2020-03-06	openstates	ocd-bill/3a8b08e4-ee76-4877-a91d-d75e94017449	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB268	48f25bece1c460906869808e8fb32f9b1ad75f7430e84e625416a498f50287b0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 268 (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 HB 888.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0191) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB268ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB268H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed by Senate as amended SB268E (committee substitute) — source
5. Impact statement from TAX (SB268) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• House substitute agreed to by Senate (31-Y 6-N) — 31–6 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (99-Y 1-N) — 98–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• John J. Bell — primary (person)
• Bryce E. Reeves — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102386D introduction
• 2020-01-03 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-01-08 Moved from Finance to Finance and Appropriations due to a change of the committee name
• 2020-01-18 Impact statement from TAX (SB268)
• 2020-01-21 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-22 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-23 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-01-23 Reading of amendment waived
• 2020-01-23 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2020-01-23 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB268E
• 2020-01-23 Printed as engrossed 20102386D-E
• 2020-01-24 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-11 Impact statement from TAX (SB268E)
• 2020-02-12 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-12 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-12 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2020-02-12 Reported from Finance with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-12 Committee substitute printed 20108161D-H1 substitution
• 2020-02-14 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-17 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-17 Committee substitute agreed to 20108161D-H1
• 2020-02-17 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB268H1
• 2020-02-17 Passed House with substitute (99-Y 1-N) passage
• 2020-02-17 VOTE: Passage (99-Y 1-N)
• 2020-02-19 House substitute agreed to by Senate (31-Y 6-N)
• 2020-02-19 Title replaced 20108161D-H1
• 2020-02-24 Enrolled
• 2020-02-24 Impact statement from TAX (SB268ER)
• 2020-02-24 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-02-25 Signed by President
• 2020-02-28 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 28, 2020
• 2020-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 6, 2020
• 2020-03-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 191 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3a8b08e4-ee76-4877-a91d-d75e94017449. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).