republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-25.md

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Bill	Retail Sales and Use Tax; establishes an annual tax holiday that takes place in August.	Annual retail sales and use tax holiday. Establishes an annual retail sales and use tax holiday that takes place on the first full weekend in August beginning on July 1, 2025, through July 1, 2030. During such weekend, state retail sales and use tax will not apply to certain (i) school supplies, (ii) clothing and footwear, (iii) qualified products designated as Energy Star or WaterSense, (iv) portable generators, or (v) hurricane preparedness equipment. This bill is identical to SB 116.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 25	Virginia HB 25 (2024)	bill		enacted	David A. Reid	4	35	6	2023-12-18	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/bc049968-937b-4582-b5f9-0325374c4ac9	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB25	5518e61051fed08f0227636b0bb37b64595c27fa099248a6dcd6302bf3af85bd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 25 (2024) — Retail Sales and Use Tax; establishes an annual tax holiday that takes place in August.

Annual retail sales and use tax holiday. Establishes an annual retail sales and use tax holiday that takes place on the first full weekend in August beginning on July 1, 2025, through July 1, 2030. During such weekend, state retail sales and use tax will not apply to certain (i) school supplies, (ii) clothing and footwear, (iii) qualified products designated as Energy Star or WaterSense, (iv) portable generators, or (v) hurricane preparedness equipment. This bill is identical to SB 116.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0628 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB25ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100105D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 24100105D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 1-N) — 94–1 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David A. Reid — primary (person)
• Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
• Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
• Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
• Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
• Briana D. Sewell — cosponsor (person)
• C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Candi Mundon King — cosponsor (person)
• Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Bulova — cosponsor (person)
• Debra D. Gardner — cosponsor (person)
• Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Holly M. Seibold — cosponsor (person)
• Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
• Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Joshua E. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
• Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
• Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
• Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
• Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
• Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
• Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
• Mark D. Sickles — cosponsor (person)
• Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
• Michael J. Jones — cosponsor (person)
• Michael J. Webert — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
• Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
• Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
• Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas A. Garrett, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
• W. Chad Green — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-12-18 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100105D filing, introduction
• 2023-12-18 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2024-01-15 Impact statement from TAX (HB25)
• 2024-01-17 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-17 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-17 Reported from Finance with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-19 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-01-22 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-01-22 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-01-22 Engrossed by House as amended HB25E
• 2024-01-22 Printed as engrossed 24100105D-E
• 2024-01-23 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-01-23 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-01-24 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-01-24 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-20 Impact statement from TAX (HB25E)
• 2024-02-27 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-27 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-27 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-28 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-28 Reading of amendment waived
• 2024-02-28 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-28 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2024-02-28 Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-01 Senate amendment agreed to by House (95-Y 1-N) amendment-passage
• 2024-03-01 VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 1-N)
• 2024-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB25ER) passage
• 2024-03-07 Impact statement from TAX (HB25ER)
• 2024-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-08 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 628 (effective 7/1/25) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0628)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bc049968-937b-4582-b5f9-0325374c4ac9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).