Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
SB 192: Retail Sales and Use Tax; certain exemption for data centers.
In committee Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
Plain-language summary
SB 192 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 8, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Retail Sales and Use Tax; certain exemption for data centers. Primary sponsor: Suhas Subramanyam. It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (November 19, 2024): Left in Finance and Appropriations.
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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 exemption; data centers. Requires data center operators to meet certain energy efficiency standards in order to be eligible for the sales and use tax exemption for data center purchases. Under the bill, a data center operator shall be eligible for the exemption only if such operator demonstrates that (i) its facilities either (a) have a power usage effectiveness score of no greater than 1.2 or (b) for data centers co-located in buildings with other commercial uses, achieve an energy efficiency level of no less than the most efficient 15 percent of similar buildings constructed in the previous five years and (ii) it will procure carbon-free renewable energy and associated renewable energy certificates from facilities equal to 90 percent of its electricity requirements or that its electricity will be otherwise derived from non-carbon-emitting, renewable sources.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suhas Subramanyam | Primary sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| Barbara Favola | Co-sponsor | Democratic | Senate | 40 |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Left in Finance and Appropriations
- Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 1-N)
- Impact statement from TAX (SB192)
- Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102742D