Virginia 2027 Regular Session Status: In Committee

SB 9 — RS & UT; food for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products, delayed effective date.

Last action — Continued from last session

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House of Delegates
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced November 17, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the Senate.

Odds of enactment

Low chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a low chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Stalled 24% · moderate confidence

  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 19 sponsors

    1 primary, 18 co-sponsors signed on.

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In plain language

The bill removes a local sales tax on food and hygiene products.

This bill eliminates the local sales tax on food for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products. It requires cities and counties to receive compensation for the lost tax revenue.

What this means for you
  • Consumers: This means lower prices for food and hygiene products since the local sales tax will be removed.
  • Local Governments: This ensures that cities and counties will receive compensation for any lost tax revenue.

Summary

Sales and use tax; food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products. Eliminates the remaining one percent local sales and use tax that is imposed on food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products. 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 has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Continued from last session

  2. Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N)

  3. Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (1/17/2026 10:37 am)

  4. Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations

  5. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100497D

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 18 co-sponsors · 129 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (18)

Not signed on (129)

129 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 9 do?
Sales and use tax; food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products. Eliminates the remaining one percent local sales and use tax that is imposed on food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products. 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 has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027.
Who sponsors SB 9?
SB 9 is sponsored by Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr., Richard H. Stuart, William M. Stanley, Jr., Bryce E. Reeves, Todd E. Pillion, Mark J. Peake, Mark D. Obenshain, Tammy Brankley Mulchi, Ryan T. McDougle, Emily M. Jordan, Christopher T. Head, T. Travis Hackworth, Timmy French, Tara A. Durant, J.D. "Danny" Diggs, Christie New Craig, Luther Cifers, III, Bill DeSteph, and David R. Suetterlein.
What is the current status of SB 9?
This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced November 17, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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