Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for certain gun safes. (HB2206)

Introduced By

Del. Eileen Filler-Corn (D-Fairfax Station) with support from co-patron Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-Arlington)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Sales tax exemption; gun safes. Establishes an exemption from retail sales tax for a gun safe with a selling price of $1,000 or less. The bill defines a gun safe as a safe or vault that is (i) commercially available, (ii) secured with a digital or dial combination locking mechanism or biometric locking mechanism, and (iii) designed for the storage of a firearm or of ammunition for use in a firearm. Under the bill, a gun safe does not include a glass-faced cabinet. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
01/08/2019Committee
01/08/2019Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101314D
01/08/2019Referred to Committee on Finance
01/11/2019Impact statement from TAX (HB2206)
01/18/2019Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2
02/05/2019Left in Finance