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HB 238 Income tax, state; exemption for launch services and payload to space flight participants.
Introduced by: John A. Cosgrove | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Income tax exemption for launch services and payload. Grants an income tax exemption for income resulting from the sale of launch services to space flight participants or launch services intended to provide individuals the training or experience of a launch, without performing an actual launch. The bill also grants an income tax exemption for any gain recognized as a result of resupply services contracts for delivering payload entered into with the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services division of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration or other space flight entity. Includes HB's 170, 351, 874 and 1151.
FULL TEXT
- 12/28/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 075750162 pdf | impact statement
- 02/04/08 House: Committee substitute printed 081922472-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/25/08 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB238ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/06/08 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0211) pdf
HISTORY
- 12/28/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 075750162
- 12/28/07 House: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 01/15/08 House: Assigned Finance sub: 2
- 02/04/08 House: Reported from Finance with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/08 House: Committee substitute printed 081922472-H1
- 02/05/08 House: Read first time
- 02/06/08 House: Read second time
- 02/06/08 House: Committee substitute agreed to 081922472-H1
- 02/06/08 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB238H1
- 02/07/08 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/08 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/08 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/08/08 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/08/08 Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 02/19/08 Senate: Reported from Finance (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/08 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/08 Senate: Read third time
- 02/21/08 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/08 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/08 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/08 House: Enrolled
- 02/25/08 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB238ER)
- 02/25/08 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/26/08 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/03/08 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 211 (effective 7/1/08)
- 03/06/08 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0211)