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type: "Bill"
title: "Retail Sales and Use Tax; definitions, media-related exemptions."
description: "Sales and use tax; media-related exemptions. Makes changes to the sales and use tax exemption for amplification, transmission, and distribution equipment used to provide Internet services. Under the bill, the exemption would apply to network equipment used to provide Internet service, regardless of whether the provider of such service is also a telephone common carrier or whether such network is also used to provide services other than Internet services. This bill is identical to SB 683."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1155"
citation: "Virginia HB 1155 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kathy J. Byron"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-14"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21716d50-8b80-4293-9ede-eba2261697ef"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1155"
source_hash: "611cb5bb6a79aa44617f395f50b5a1eac32a7c3c6d373f2870ec078db3461c07"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 1155 (2022) — Retail Sales and Use Tax; definitions, media-related exemptions.
Sales and use tax; media-related exemptions. Makes changes to the sales and use tax exemption for amplification, transmission, and distribution equipment used to provide Internet services. Under the bill, the exemption would apply to network equipment used to provide Internet service, regardless of whether the provider of such service is also a telephone common carrier or whether such network is also used to provide services other than Internet services. This bill is identical to SB 683.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0434** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0434)
2. **HB1155ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1155ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 22103513D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1155)
## Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **70** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 1-A) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — **140** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance (21-Y 0-N) — **210** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (96-Y 0-N 1-A) — **950** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Kathy J. Byron — primary (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-14** Presented and ordered printed 22103513D `introduction`
- **2022-01-14** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-21** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-23** Impact statement from TAX (HB1155)
- **2022-01-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-26** Reported from Finance (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-28** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-01-31** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-01** Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 1-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-01** VOTE: Passage (96-Y 0-N 1-A)
- **2022-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-02** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 1-A) `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Enrolled
- **2022-03-08** Impact statement from TAX (HB1155ER)
- **2022-03-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-08** Signed by President
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 434 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21716d50-8b80-4293-9ede-eba2261697ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).