Virginia HB 919 — Retail Sales and Use Tax; impose firearm and ammunition tax.

Virginia, 2027. HB 919: Retail Sales and Use Tax; impose firearm and ammunition tax.

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Latest action

July 21, 2026 — Continued from last session

Summary

Firearm and ammunition tax. Imposes a firearm and ammunition tax equal to 11 percent of the gross receipts from the retail sale of any firearm or ammunition by a dealer in firearms, firearms manufacturer, or ammunition vendor, as such terms are defined in the bill. The bill provides that proceeds from such tax shall be distributed to the Virginia Gun Violence Intervention and Prevention Fund.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 58.1 a chapter numbered 6.3, consisting of sections numbered 58.1-663 through 58.1-666, relating to retail sales and use tax; firearm and ammunition tax.

Sponsors

• Alfonso H. Lopez — primary sponsor

Bill text

Finance Substitute Read version ↗ Read version ↗ Read version ↗ Read version ↗

Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Substitute Read version ↗ Read version ↗

Introduced Read version ↗ Read version ↗

Recorded votes

No roll-call votes were supplied for this bill. This does not imply that no vote occurred.

Legislative history

1. July 21, 2026Continued from last session
2. February 16, 2026Continued pursuant to House Rule 22 to 2027 in Finance
3. February 16, 2026Rereferred to Finance
4. February 16, 2026Motion to rerefer to Finance agreed to
5. February 13, 2026Read first time
6. February 12, 2026Committee substitute printed 26107624D-H1
7. February 11, 2026Incorporates HB1094 (Laufer)
8. February 11, 2026Reported from Finance with substitute (14-Y 7-N)
9. February 10, 2026Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 4-N)
10. February 10, 2026Reconsidered by Finance (Voice Vote)
11. February 10, 2026Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 2-N)
12. February 10, 2026House subcommittee offered
13. February 6, 2026Assigned HFIN sub: Subcommittee #2
14. February 1, 2026Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (2/1/2026 2:11 pm)
15. January 13, 2026Referred to Committee on Finance
16. January 13, 2026Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102202D

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