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2015 SESSION

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SB 1319 Retail Sales and Use Tax; limited exemption for certain qualifying items, beginning in 2015.

Introduced by: Richard L. Saslaw | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Temporary exemption periods from retail sales and use taxes for qualifying items. Combines the three existing "sales tax holidays" into one three-day holiday that begins on the first Friday in August and ends at 11:59 p.m. the following Sunday. Currently, the sales tax holidays for Energy Star or WaterSense products, school supplies, and hurricane preparedness equipment take place at different times during the calendar year and for differing lengths of time. The bill also sunsets the sales tax holiday for school supplies on July 1, 2017.

FULL TEXT

• 01/14/15  Senate: Presented and ordered printed 15102201D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/20/15  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1319ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/19/15  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0382)  pdf

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HISTORY

• 01/14/15  Senate: Presented and ordered printed 15102201D
• 01/14/15  Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance
• 02/03/15  Senate: Reported from Finance (14-Y 0-N)
• 02/04/15  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 02/05/15  Senate: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/05/15  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/05/15  Senate: Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/15  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/09/15  House: Read first time
• 02/09/15  House: Referred to Committee on Finance
• 02/11/15  House: Reported from Finance with amendment (21-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/15  House: Read second time
• 02/13/15  House: Read third time
• 02/13/15  House: Committee amendment agreed to
• 02/13/15  House: Engrossed by House as amended
• 02/13/15  House: Passed House with amendment (88-Y 6-N)
• 02/13/15  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (88-Y 6-N)
• 02/17/15  Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/20/15  Senate: Enrolled
• 02/20/15  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1319ER)
• 02/20/15  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/23/15  Senate: Signed by President
• 02/24/15  Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/24/15
• 02/24/15  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015
• 03/19/15  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 382 (effective 7/1/15)
• 03/19/15  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0382)