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Bill Retail sales and use tax; exemption for prescription medicine and drugs purchased by veterinarians; sunset. Retail sales and use tax; exemption for prescription medicine and drugs purchased by veterinarians; sunset. Extends to July 1, 2028, the exemption from sales and use tax available for the purchase by veterinarians of prescription medicines and drugs that are administered or dispensed to patients within a veterinarian-client-patient relationship that is currently set to expire on July 1, 2025. This bill is identical to SB 1369. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 HB 1698 Virginia HB 1698 (2025)
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Virginia HB 1698 (2025) — Retail sales and use tax; exemption for prescription medicine and drugs purchased by veterinarians; sunset.

Retail sales and use tax; exemption for prescription medicine and drugs purchased by veterinarians; sunset. Extends to July 1, 2028, the exemption from sales and use tax available for the purchase by veterinarians of prescription medicines and drugs that are administered or dispensed to patients within a veterinarian-client-patient relationship that is currently set to expire on July 1, 2025. This bill is identical to SB 1369.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Finance (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 970 (pass) · lower
  • Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — 71 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) — 130 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Alex Q. Askew — primary (person)
  • Joshua E. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
  • Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
  • Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-04 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102075D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-04 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
  • 2025-01-24 Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
  • 2025-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
  • 2025-01-29 Reported from Finance (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-31 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-02-03 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2025-02-04 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2025-02-04 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
  • 2025-02-04 Passed House (99-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2025-02-11 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-11 Rules suspended
  • 2025-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-02-11 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-02-12 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-12 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-17 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-02-17 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1698ER) passage
  • 2025-02-17 Impact statement from TAX (HB1698)
  • 2025-02-17 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2025-02-20 Signed by President passage
  • 2025-02-20 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on (date) enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2025-02-21 Conferees appointed by House
  • 2025-02-21 Delegates: Watts, Hope, Hodges
  • 2025-03-03 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 188 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-21 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0188)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5266e80c-ef4b-4dbe-8107-d3dea7ba75d0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).