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Virginia · 2026, 1st Special Session · Bill

SB 4002: Sales and use tax, food for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products, emergency.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 4002 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on October 21, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Sales and use tax, food for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products, emergency. Primary sponsor: Bill DeSteph (Republican). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (October 21, 2026): Referred to Committee on 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; food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products; emergency. Eliminates the remaining one percent local sales and use tax that is imposed on food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products on and after October 27, 2026. Under current law, no other sales and use tax is 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 contains an emergency clause.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 5

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Bill DeStephPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate20
Christie CraigCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate19
Danny DiggsCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate24
Mark PeakeCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate8
Glen SturtevantCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate12

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
  2. Presented and ordered printed 26200400D

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source