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Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for data centers, delayed effective date.

This bill did not become law and its session has ended, so it can no longer move. It would have to be reintroduced.

VA HB 897 · House Bill · 2026

Stage
Session ended
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House
Sponsors
+8
Latest action
Mar 3

Where it stands

  1. Introduced (Done)

  2. Committee (Done)

  3. Floor (Current step)

    Passed first chamber · Mar 3

  4. Law (Needs attention)

    The session ended first

What it does

Retail sales and use tax; exemption for data centers. Requires a data center operator, in order to be eligible for the existing data center sales and use tax exemption, to (i) beginning July 1, 2027, not use co-located generating facilities that emit carbon dioxide, other than backup generators; (ii) beginning July 1, 2029, contract for a certain percentage of energy, capacity, and renewable energy certificates from clean energy resources, as evidenced by a certification from the State Corporation Commission, or contracts and service agreements; (iii) utilize only non-carbon dioxide-emitting backup power sources, such as energy storage resources, beginning on a date dependent on the data…

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