Virginia 2024 Regular Session Status: In Committee

HB 116 — Retail Sales and Use tax; exemption for data centers.

Last action — Continued to 2025 with amendment(s) in Finance

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House of Delegates
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Sales and use tax exemption; data centers. Requires data center operators to meet certain energy efficiency standardsin order to be eligible for the sales and use tax exemption fordata center purchases. Under the bill, a data center operator shall be eligible for the exemption only if such operator demonstratesthat (i) its facilities either (a) have a power usage effectivenessscore of no greater than 1.2 or (b) for data centers co-located inbuildings with other commercial uses, achieve an energy efficiencylevel of no less than the most efficient 15 percent of similar buildingsconstructed in the previous five years and (ii) it will procure carbon-freerenewable energy and associated renewable energy certificates fromfacilities equal to 90 percent of its electricity requirements orthat its electricity will be otherwise derived from non-carbon-emitting,renewable sources.

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Action History

  1. Continued to 2025 with amendment(s) in Finance

  2. Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 with amendment(s)

  3. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered

  4. Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2

  5. Impact statement from TAX (HB116)

  6. Referred to Committee on Finance

  7. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101755D

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 147 not signed on

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Not signed on (147)

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 116 do?
Sales and use tax exemption; data centers. Requires data center operators to meet certain energy efficiency standardsin order to be eligible for the sales and use tax exemption fordata center purchases. Under the bill, a data center operator shall be eligible for the exemption only if such operator demonstratesthat (i) its facilities either (a) have a power usage effectivenessscore of no greater than 1.2 or (b) for data centers co-located inbuildings with other commercial uses, achieve an energy efficiencylevel of no less than the most efficient 15 percent of similar buildingsconstructed in the previous five years and (ii) it will procure carbon-freerenewable energy and associated renewable energy certificates fromfacilities equal to 90 percent of its electricity requirements orthat its electricity will be otherwise derived from non-carbon-emitting,renewable sources.
Who sponsors HB 116?
HB 116 is sponsored by Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr..
What is the current status of HB 116?
This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track HB 116?
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