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2005 SESSION
HB 2023 Food and beverage tax; restrict new imposition in any city or town without approval by referendum.
Introduced by: John J. Welch, III | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Meals tax; cities and towns. Restricts the imposition in any city or town having a population of 100,000 or more of any new meals tax or tax rate increase without approval by referendum.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/05 House: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 056154552 pdf | impact statement
- 01/24/05 House: Printed as engrossed 056154552-E pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/11/05 House: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 056154552
- 01/11/05 House: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 01/13/05 House: Assigned to Finance sub-committee: #2
- 01/19/05 House: Reported from Finance with amd (17-Y 5-N)
- 01/21/05 House: Read first time
- 01/24/05 House: Read second time
- 01/24/05 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 01/24/05 House: Amendment by Del. Hamilton rejected
- 01/24/05 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB2023E
- 01/24/05 House: Printed as engrossed 056154552-E
- 01/25/05 House: Read third time and defeated by House (63-Y 35-N)
- 01/25/05 House: VOTE: REJECTED (63-Y 35-N)
- 01/25/05 House: requires 67 affirmative votes for passage
- 01/25/05 House: Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by House
- 01/25/05 House: Passed by for the day
- 01/26/05 House: Passed by for the day
- 01/27/05 House: Read third time and defeated by House (63-Y 34-N)
- 01/27/05 House: requires 67 affirmative votes for passage
- 01/27/05 House: VOTE: DEFEATED (63-Y 34-N)