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Material harmful to minors; creates tax on electronic distribution.

Introduced: it can still change before the session ends.

VA HB 720 · House Bill · 2027

Stage
Introduced
Started in
House
Sponsor
Eric Zehr
Latest action
Jul 21, 2026

What it does

Tax on electronic distribution of material harmful to minors. Creates a tax at the rate of 10 percent of the gross receipts of any commercial entity operating an adult website, defined in the bill, for all sales, distributions, memberships, and other content amounting to material harmful to minors, defined in the bill, that is produced, sold, filmed, generated, or otherwise based in the Commonwealth. The bill provides that the revenues generated by this tax shall be deposited into the Behavioral Health and Developmental Services Trust Fund.

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Where it stands

  1. Introduced (Current step)

    Introduced · Jul 21, 2026

  2. Committee (Not started)

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