Virginia House Bill 960 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-05 - Continued to 2021 in Finance by voice vote
Pending: House Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Additional state sales tax on firearms and ammunition; use of proceeds; Student Mental Health and Safety Fund and Program. Imposes an additional sales and use tax on the retail sale of firearms and ammunition. The amount of the tax shall be 10 percent minus the amount of tax imposed by all other sales and use taxes levied by the Commonwealth. Revenues from the tax shall be deposited in the Student Mental Health and Safety Fund (the Fund), which is established by the bill. In addition to the Fund, the bill creates the Student Mental Health and Safety Program (the Program). The Program and Fund shall provide grants on a competitive basis to public school divisions for the purpose of funding full-time school counselor positions at a ratio of 250:1 or better, school social worker positions at a ratio of 400:1 or better, and school psychologists at a ratio of 500:1 or better.

Firearms and ammunition; imposes additional sales and use tax, use of proceeds.

Del. Mark Levine [D]

Del. Ibraheem Samirah [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-05	House	Continued to 2021 in Finance by voice vote
2020-01-31	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2021 by voice vote
2020-01-29	House	Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #3
2020-01-07	House	Referred to Committee on Finance
2020-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103122D

HB960 (Carry Over) 2020-02-05 - Continued to 2021 in Finance by voice vote

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
58	1	603.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	638	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB960
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB960+hil