HB 1008 — Motor vehicle sales and use tax; exemption for electric vehicles, etc.
VA 20261 session
Motor vehicle sales and use tax; exemption. Exempts from the retail sales and use tax imposed on motor vehicles in Virginia, any electric vehicle, defined in the bill, being registered for the first time in the Commonwealth if the applicant holds a valid, assignable title or registration issued to him by another state or a branch of the United States Armed Forces and such applicant has owned the vehicle for less than 12 months and provides evidence of purchasing the vehicle while a resident of another state. Current law provides such first-time registration exemption only if the vehicle has been owned by the applicant for longer than 12 months or less than 12 months if such applicant provides evidence of such sales tax payment made to another state.
Latest action: — Continued
Sponsors (3)
- Kathy K.L. Tran (D, VA) — sponsor
- Stacey Annie Carroll (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Rae Cousins (D, VA) — cosponsor
Action timeline (17)
- · house · H4020 —
- · house · H1001 —
- · house · H1012 —
- · house · H8500 —
- · house · H8120 —
- · house · H1018 —
- · house · H1008 —
- · house · H4640 —
- · house · H4110 —
- · house · H4120 —
- · house · H4410 —
- · house · H4601 —
- · house · H5000 —
- · house · H8500 —
- · senate · S4140 —
- · senate · S0501 —
- · senate · S0540 —
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referred to committee (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | Finance and Appropriations | — | va-leg |
Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kathy K.L. Tran (D, state_lower VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Rae Cousins (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Stacey Annie Carroll (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Stance (positions taken)
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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- 2026-05-24 · was referred to Finance and Appropriations · va-leg