Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB2558
Legislation Overview
Title: Retail Sales and Use Tax; imposes firearm and ammunition taxes.
Description: Retail sales and use tax; firearm and ammunition taxes. Imposes (i) a firearm tax in the amount of $5 per firearm and (ii) a firearm ammunition tax of one cent per round of firearm ammunition that is sold by firearms seller, defined in the bill. The bill requires any revenue proceeds from such taxes to be used to prevent gun violence and enhance school safety.
Session: 2025 Regular Session
Last Action: Impact statement from TAX (HB2558)
Last Action Date: January 26, 2025
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Alfonso Lopez (D);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Jan 26, 2025 | Impact statement from TAX (HB2558) |
| House | Jan 24, 2025 | Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1 |
| House | Jan 12, 2025 | Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25102664D |
| House | Jan 12, 2025 | Referred to Committee on Finance |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Comm Sub | Jan 27, 2025 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Jan 12, 2025 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
