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type: "Bill"
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title: "Cigarettes; purchase for resale, issuance of a cigarette exemption certificate, penalties."
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description: "Creates a new requirement that purchasers of cigarettes for resale must apply for a special cigarette exemption certificate from the Department of Taxation in order to not be liable for the payment of sales tax at the time of purchase. The bill sets forth numerous requirements that a taxpayer must meet in order to qualify for a cigarette exemption certificate and establishes processes and procedures for the application, renewal, denial, and revocation of the certificates. The bill creates new recordkeeping requirements for the sale or distribution of any quantity of cigarettes in excess of 50 cartons, or with a value greater than $10,000 in any single sale. The bill also contains technical amendments. The provisions of the bill requiring the use of a cigarette exemption certificate have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2018. This bill is identical to"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 1913"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1913 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Appropriations", "Taxation", "Tobacco and Tobacco Products"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Richard L. Anderson"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2017-01-10"
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last_action: "2017-02-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d8c5f29-0104-4f57-b940-f1bdf3fe7774"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1913"
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source_hash: "83dd13c1e87f2386fa95cece8d2078e063c6fd42af7812641a343fd0c288c62c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1913 (2017) — Cigarettes; purchase for resale, issuance of a cigarette exemption certificate, penalties.
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Creates a new requirement that purchasers of cigarettes for resale must apply for a special cigarette exemption certificate from the Department of Taxation in order to not be liable for the payment of sales tax at the time of purchase. The bill sets forth numerous requirements that a taxpayer must meet in order to qualify for a cigarette exemption certificate and establishes processes and procedures for the application, renewal, denial, and revocation of the certificates. The bill creates new recordkeeping requirements for the sale or distribution of any quantity of cigarettes in excess of 50 cartons, or with a value greater than $10,000 in any single sale. The bill also contains technical amendments. The provisions of the bill requiring the use of a cigarette exemption certificate have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2018. This bill is identical to
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0112)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0112)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1913ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1913ER)
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3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104391D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1913H1)
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4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103593D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1913)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House — **93–2** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Finance with substitute — **18–3** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Finance — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Richard L. Anderson — primary (person)
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- James E. Edmunds, II — cosponsor (person)
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- Margaret B. Ransone — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103593D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-25** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-25** Committee substitute agreed to 17104391D-H1
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- **2017-01-25** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1913H1
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- **2017-01-26** Read third time and passed House (93-Y 2-N 1-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-09** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-13** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-13** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-13** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/14/17
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- **2017-02-14** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2017
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- **2017-02-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 112 (effective - see bill) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d8c5f29-0104-4f57-b940-f1bdf3fe7774`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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