HB720
Material harmful to minors; creates tax on electronic distribution.
Status:
In House
Latest Action:
Feb. 11, 2026
House: Continued to next session in Finance (Voice Vote)
Chief Patron:
Eric Zehr (R)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. 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 ... (More) 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. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/13/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103863D
- 01/13/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 01/30/2026 - House: Placed on Finance Agenda
- 02/05/2026 - House: Assigned HFIN sub: Subcommittee #1
- 02/07/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (2/7/2026 8:41 pm)
- 02/09/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)
- 02/10/2026 - House: Placed on Finance Agenda
- 02/11/2026 - House: Continued to next session in Finance (Voice Vote)
