# Virginia HB2006: RS and UT; food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products.

Virginia HB2006, RS and UT; food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Joseph P. McNamara (Republican); status failed, last action 2025-02-04 (Left in Finance) (as of 2026-10-17).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB2006-2025
- As of: 2026-10-17
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Virginia HB2006
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: RS and UT; food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-07
- Last action: 2025-02-04, Left in Finance
- Sponsor: Joseph P. McNamara (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Subcommittee #1
- 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, beginning July 1, 2025, 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 currently 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 (5)

- 2025-02-04: Left in Finance (House)
- 2025-01-24: Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1 (House)
- 2025-01-19: Impact statement from TAX (HB2006) (House)
- 2025-01-07: Referred to Committee on Finance (House)
- 2025-01-07: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25101491D (House)

## Bill text

- Introduced, 2025-01-07: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1014378.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1014377.PDF)

## Related bills

- HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care. (adopted)
- SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty. (failed)
- HB1746: Public safety officer; definition. (failed)
- HB1600: Budget Bill. (failed)
- SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility. (failed)
- HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for infertility treatment. (to governor)

## Sources
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1014378.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1014377.PDF)

## Related
- [HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HR671-2025)
- [SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB941-2025)
- [HB1746: Public safety officer; definition.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1746-2025)
- [HB1600: Budget Bill.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1600-2025)
- [SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB1449-2025)
- [HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for i…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1609-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB2006-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).