# Virginia HB13: RS and UT; food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products.

Virginia HB13, RS and UT; food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products., is a 2027 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Joseph P. McNamara (Republican); status in committee, last action 2026-07-21 (Continued from last session) (as of 2026-10-11).

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- As of: 2026-10-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Virginia HB13
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2027 Regular Session
- Title: RS and UT; food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products.
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-12-19
- Last action: 2026-07-21, Continued from last session
- Sponsor: Joseph P. McNamara (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Subcommittee #3
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## 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 beginning on July 1, 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.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Joseph P. McNamara (Republican), House

## Actions (8)

- 2026-07-21: Continued from last session (House)
- 2026-02-11: Continued to 2027 in Finance (Voice Vote) (House)
- 2026-02-09: Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2028 (Voice Vote) (House)
- 2026-02-06: House subcommittee offered (House)
- 2026-02-05: Assigned HFIN sub: Subcommittee #3 (House)
- 2026-01-28: Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (1/28/2026 7:34 pm) (House)
- 2025-12-19: Referred to Committee on Finance (House)
- 2025-12-19: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102063D (House)

## Bill text

- Amendment, 2026-02-06: [HTML](https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20271/HB13)
- Introduced, 2025-12-19: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1230087.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1230086.PDF)

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- SB843: Data centers; state permitting, local approval, moratorium, sunset. (in committee)
- SB842: High school student athletes; eligibility, enrollment. (in committee)
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## Sources
- [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20271/HB13)
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1230087.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1230086.PDF)

## Related
- [SB844: Licensed clinical psychologists; prescriptive authority; report.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB844-2027)
- [HB1535: Individuals with developmental or intellectual disabilities; admissibility of s…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1535-2027)
- [HB1534: School service providers; deletion of student and family personal information.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1534-2027)
- [SB843: Data centers; state permitting, local approval, moratorium, sunset.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB843-2027)
- [SB842: High school student athletes; eligibility, enrollment.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB842-2027)
- [SB840: Corrections, Director of the Department of; placement of inmates, Red Onion Sta…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB840-2027)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB13-2027 (as of 2026-10-11).