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type: "Bill"
title: "Retail sales and use tax; aviation parts, engines, and supplies."
description: "Creates an exemption from the retail sales and use tax for parts, engines, and supplies used for maintaining, repairing, or reconditioning aircraft, including unmanned aerial systems. The exemption does not apply to tools and other equipment not attached to or that does not become a part of the aircraft. The exemption is effective from July 1, 2018, to July 1, 2022."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1738"
citation: "Virginia HB 1738 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Aviation", "Sales and Use Tax", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard L. Anderson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2017-01-07"
last_action: "2017-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5376669-bbde-4883-8fb3-7701f09d6edf"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1738"
source_hash: "be4e476e6d5b2c3e6da17ef3c343a24ce3bfa7b9af1fea4f1d5da26c509847e2"
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 1738 (2017) — Retail sales and use tax; aviation parts, engines, and supplies.
Creates an exemption from the retail sales and use tax for parts, engines, and supplies used for maintaining, repairing, or reconditioning aircraft, including unmanned aerial systems. The exemption does not apply to tools and other equipment not attached to or that does not become a part of the aircraft. The exemption is effective from July 1, 2018, to July 1, 2022.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0714)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0714)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1738ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1738ER)
3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104745D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1738H1)
4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101016D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1738)
## Votes
- Passed Senate — **390** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Finance with substitute — **211** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **90** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Finance — **160** (pass) · legislature
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House — **915** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Richard L. Anderson — primary (person)
- Daniel W. Marshall, III — cosponsor (person)
- David E. Yancey — cosponsor (person)
- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101016D `introduction`
- **2017-01-07** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-20** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-25** Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
- **2017-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 17104745D-H1
- **2017-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1738H1
- **2017-02-07** Read third time and passed House (91-Y 5-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-20** Enrolled
- **2017-02-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-21** Signed by President
- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 714 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5376669-bbde-4883-8fb3-7701f09d6edf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).