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VA SB 4002

died on adjournment

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

Virginia · 2026S1

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Quick answers

Did VA SB 4002 pass?

No. VA SB 4002 died when the 2026S1 session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-10-21): Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations

What is VA SB 4002 about?

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.

Who sponsors VA SB 4002?

Bill DeSteph is the primary sponsor of VA SB 4002, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Description

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.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-10-21 — Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
Bill type
bill
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Sponsors

  • Bill DeStephprimary
  • Mark J. Peakecosponsor
  • Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr.cosponsor
  • J.D. "Danny" Diggscosponsor
  • Christie New Craigcosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

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  1. 2026-10-21

    Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-10-21

    Presented and ordered printed 26200400D

    introduction

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Official source

https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20262/SB4002

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