Virginia House Bill 1563 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Passed on March 26 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-26 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0516)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Sales and use tax; agricultural exemptions. Provides a sales and use tax exemption for property used to produce agricultural products for market in an indoor, closed, controlled-environment commercial agricultural facility. The property exempted includes (i) internal structural components required to create the necessary growing environment for plants, including watering systems, towers for growing plants, and lighting and air systems, and (ii) transparent elements of external structural components of such facilities, including windows, walls, and roofs, that allow sunlight in for the commercial production of agricultural products. The exemption shall not apply to property used in producing cannabis. The bill allows contractors working on behalf of owners of facilities exempt under these new provisions to use the exemption when purchasing materials that would otherwise qualify for the exemption.

Sales and use tax; agricultural exemptions.

Del. Hyland Fowler [R]

Del. Roxann Robinson [R]

2023-02-10 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-09 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-25 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (87-Y 11-N 2-A) (Y: 87 N: 11 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-18 - House - House: Reported from Finance with substitute (18-Y 3-N) (Y: 18 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-26		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0516)
2023-03-26		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 516 (effective 7/1/23)
2023-02-27		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
2023-02-27	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 27, 2023
2023-02-14	Senate	Signed by President
2023-02-14	House	Signed by Speaker
2023-02-14	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate reprinted (HB1563ER)
2023-02-14	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1563ER)
2023-02-14	House	Enrolled
2023-02-10	Senate	Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2023-02-10	Senate	Read third time
2023-02-09	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2023-02-08	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
2023-01-26	Senate	Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
2023-01-26	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2023-01-25	House	VOTE: Passage (87-Y 11-N 2-A)
2023-01-25	House	Read third time and passed House (87-Y 11-N 2-A)
2023-01-24	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1563H1
2023-01-24	House	Committee substitute agreed to 23104837D-H1
2023-01-24	House	Read second time
2023-01-23	House	Passed by for the day
2023-01-20	House	Read first time
2023-01-18	House	Committee substitute printed 23104837D-H1
2023-01-18	House	Reported from Finance with substitute (18-Y 3-N)
2023-01-06	House	Referred to Committee on Finance
2023-01-06	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102415D

SB1240 (Same As) 2023-03-26 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0517)
SB1240 (Same As) 2023-03-26 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0517)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
58	1	609.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1563
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1563+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1563H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1563ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0516+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23104837D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1563F161+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1563FH1161+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1563FER161+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H10V0012+HB1563
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1084+HB1563
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S05V0314+HB1563
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0402HB1563+HB1563
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0414HB1563+HB1563