Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
SB 1172: RS & UT; food for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products, delayed effective date.
In committee Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
Plain-language summary
SB 1172 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 7, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: RS & UT; food for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products, delayed effective date. Primary sponsor: David Suetterlein (Republican). Most recent recorded action (January 23, 2025): Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N).
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Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
Sales and use tax; food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products. Eliminates the remaining one percent local sales and use tax that is imposed on food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products. Under current law, no other sales and use tax is currently applied to such products. The bill requires an equivalent amount of revenue to be distributed to cities and counties on a monthly basis in compensation for the lost tax revenue. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2026.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Suetterlein | Primary sponsor | Republican | Senate | 4 |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N)
- Impact statement from TAX (SB1172)
- Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
- Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104584D