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VA HB 720

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Material harmful to minors; creates tax on electronic distribution.

Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did VA HB 720 pass?

The current status of VA HB 720 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2026-02-11): Continued to next session in Finance (Voice Vote)

What is VA HB 720 about?

Tax on electronic distribution of material harmful to minors. Creates a tax at the rate of 10 percent of the gross receipts of any commercial entity operating an adult website, defined in the bill, for all sales, distributions, memberships, and other content amounting to material harmful to minors, defined in the bill, that is produced, sold, filmed, generated, or otherwise based in the Commonwealth. The bill provides that the revenues generated by this tax shall be deposited into the Behavioral Health and Developmental Services Trust Fund.

Who sponsors VA HB 720?

Eric R. Zehr is the primary sponsor of VA HB 720.

Description

Tax on electronic distribution of material harmful to minors. Creates a tax at the rate of 10 percent of the gross receipts of any commercial entity operating an adult website, defined in the bill, for all sales, distributions, memberships, and other content amounting to material harmful to minors, defined in the bill, that is produced, sold, filmed, generated, or otherwise based in the Commonwealth. The bill provides that the revenues generated by this tax shall be deposited into the Behavioral Health and Developmental Services Trust Fund.

Introduced
2026-01-13
Latest action
2026-02-11 — Continued to next session in Finance (Voice Vote)
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Eric R. Zehrprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-13

    Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103863D

    filing,introduction

  2. 2026-01-13

    Referred to Committee on Finance

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-02-05

    Assigned HFIN sub: Subcommittee #1

    referral-committee

  4. 2026-02-07

    Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (2/7/2026 8:41 pm)

  5. 2026-02-09

    Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)

  6. 2026-02-11

    Continued to next session in Finance (Voice Vote)

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Documents

Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB720

Attribution

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