H.B. 2715: Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for data centers, definitions.
Virginia, 2025 Regular Session. In committee, January 17, 2025.
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H.B. 2715 at a glance
Status In committee In committee, .
No official summary is on file yet. The full text is on the legislature's page, linked below.
Sales and use tax exemption; data centers. Requires data center operators to meet certain wage rate standards in order to be eligible for the sales and use tax exemption for data center purchases. Under the bill, a data center operator shall be eligible for the exemption only if such operator ensures that every building service employee, as defined by the bill, employed at the data center is compensated at a rate that is no less than the standard building service employee rate, as defined by the bill. The bill requires the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority to audit any qualifying person claiming this exemption to determine whether such person is in compliance with the wage requirements. Upon three violations of the wage requirement, the Department of Taxation shall revoke any such exemption received by a data center operator or tenant and require repayment.
Measure Bill.
Sponsors Marty Martinez (D)
Subjects None on file. The legislature's own list.
Official page lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2715. Found through LegiScan (bill 1927050), whose data is CC BY 4.0; the citation is the legislature's own page.
What happened, and when
- January 17, 2025 In committee
H.B. 2715 went to committee in the House of Delegates. lis.virginia.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Referred to Committee on Finance.
- January 17, 2025 Introduced
H.B. 2715 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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