Virginia House Bill 551 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-5)
Status: Passed on April 11 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-04-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0551)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Retail sales and use tax; exemption for medicine and drugs purchased by veterinarians. Exempts veterinarians from sales and use tax on the purchase of prescription medicines and drugs that are administered or dispensed to patients within a veterinarian-client-patient relationship. The bill repeals provisions of current law that provide that a veterinarian dispensing or selling medicines or drugs on prescription shall be deemed to be the user or consumer of all such medicines and drugs. The bill provides that the exemption shall be in effect from July 1, 2022, until July 1, 2025.

Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for medicine and drugs purchased by veterinarians.

Del. Don Scott [D]	Del. Kathy Byron [R]	Del. Ronnie Campbell [R]	Del. Nadarius Clark [D]
Del. Kelly Convirs-Fowler [D]	Del. Glenn Davis [R]	Del. Hyland Fowler [R]	Del. C.E. Hayes [D]
Del. Clinton Jenkins [D]	Del. Mark Keam [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Michelle Maldonado [D]
Del. Delores McQuinn [D]	Del. Kenneth Plum [D]	Del. Sam Rasoul [D]	Del. Irene Shin [D]
Del. Marcus Simon [D]	Del. Shelly Simonds [D]	Del. Vivian Watts [D]	Del. Wren Williams [R]

2022-03-02 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 2-N) (Y: 97 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-03-02 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-03-02 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-03-01 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-01 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (97-Y 1-N) (Y: 97 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2022-01-26 - House - House: Reported from Finance with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-01-26 - House - House: Reported from Finance with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N) (Y: 21 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-01-24 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-04-11		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0551)
2022-04-11		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 551 (effective 7/1/22)
2022-03-22		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
2022-03-22	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
2022-03-08	Senate	Signed by President
2022-03-08	House	Signed by Speaker
2022-03-07	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB551ER)
2022-03-07	House	Enrolled
2022-03-02	House	VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 2-N)
2022-03-02	House	Senate amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 2-N)
2022-03-02	Senate	Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
2022-03-02	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended
2022-03-02	Senate	Committee amendment agreed to
2022-03-02	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2022-03-02	Senate	Read third time
2022-03-02	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2022-03-01	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N)
2022-02-02	Senate	Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
2022-02-02	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2022-02-01	House	VOTE: Passage (97-Y 1-N)
2022-02-01	House	Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-N)
2022-01-31	House	Printed as engrossed 22100201D-E
2022-01-31	House	Engrossed by House as amended HB551E
2022-01-31	House	Committee amendment agreed to
2022-01-31	House	Read second time
2022-01-28	House	Read first time
2022-01-26	House	Reported from Finance with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
2022-01-24	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2022-01-24	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
2022-01-20	House	Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2
2022-01-11	House	Referred to Committee on Finance
2022-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100201D

SB517 (Same As) 2022-04-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0552)
SB517 (Same As) 2022-04-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0552)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
58	1	609.10	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB551
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB551+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB551E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB551ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0551+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/22104948A.pdf
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+amd+HB551AH
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+amd+HB551AS
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+amd+HB551ASE
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB551F161+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB551FE161+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB551FER161+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H1002V0006+HB0551
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H10V0019+HB0551
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H10V0021+HB0551
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+HV0330+HB0551
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+S05V0346+HB0551
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0681HB0551+HB0551
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0682HB0551+HB0551
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+HV1411+HB0551