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2018 SESSION
HB 172 Gun safes; establishes an exemption from retail sales tax.
Introduced by: Eileen Filler-Corn | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Sales tax exemption; gun safes. Establishes an exemption from retail sales tax for the purchase of a gun safe with a selling price of $1,000 or less. The bill defines a gun safe as a safe or vault that is (i) commercially available, (ii) secured with a digital or dial combination locking mechanism or biometric locking mechanism, and (iii) designed for the storage of a firearm or of ammunition for use in a firearm. Under the bill, a gun safe does not include a glass-faced cabinet.
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HISTORY
- 12/22/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101168D
- 12/22/17 House: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 01/25/18 House: Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #3
- 02/02/18 House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (5-Y 3-N)
- 02/13/18 House: Left in Finance