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Laws · Virginia · H.B. 2685

H.B. 2685: Retail Sales and Use Tax; commercial & industrial exemptions for data centers in Northern Virginia.

Virginia, 2025 Regular Session. In committee, January 16, 2025.

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Status In committee In committee, .

Official summary

No official summary is on file yet. The full text is on the legislature's page, linked below.

Description

Retail sales and use tax; commercial and industrial exemptions; data centers. Provides that, between July 1, 2025, and July 1, 2030, the retail sales and use tax exemption for computer equipment or enabling software purchased or leased for use in a data center shall not apply for such equipment if it is purchased or leased for use in a data center that is constructed after July 1, 2025, in Planning District 8.

As published by the legislature, found through LegiScan, source 1. It is the legislature's own line about the measure, not a summary of it.

Measure Bill.

Sponsors Ian Lovejoy (R)

Subjects None on file. The legislature's own list.

Official page lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2685. Found through LegiScan (bill 1925334), whose data is CC BY 4.0; the citation is the legislature's own page.

What happened, and when

  1. January 16, 2025 In committee

    H.B. 2685 went to committee in the House of Delegates. lis.virginia.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Referred to Committee on Finance.

  2. January 16, 2025 Introduced

    H.B. 2685 was introduced in the House of Delegates. lis.virginia.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Referred to Committee on Finance.

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Sources

  1. H.B. 2685 on the legislature's site lis.virginia.gov

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