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SB 1715 Retail Sales and Use Tax; reduced rate on essential personal hygiene products.
Introduced by: Jennifer B. Boysko | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Sales and use tax; reduced rate on essential personal hygiene products. Applies the reduced state sales and use tax rate of 1.5%, which under current law applies only to food purchased for human consumption, to essential personal hygiene products, defined in the bill as (i) nondurable incontinence products such as diapers, disposable undergarments, pads, and bed sheets; and (ii) menstrual cups and pads, pantyliners, sanitary napkins, tampons, and other products used to absorb or contain menstrual flow. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2020. This bill is identical to HB 2540.
FULL TEXT
- 01/15/19 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 19104566D pdf | impact statement
- 01/28/19 Senate: Printed as engrossed 19104566D-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/06/19 House: Committee substitute printed 19106474D-H1 pdf
- 03/07/19 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1715ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/18/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0550) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/15/19 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 19104566D
- 01/15/19 Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 01/23/19 Senate: Reported from Finance with amendment (14-Y 1-N 1-A)
- 01/24/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/19 Senate: Read second time
- 01/25/19 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 01/25/19 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 01/25/19 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/28/19 Senate: Read second time
- 01/28/19 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1715E
- 01/28/19 Senate: Printed as engrossed 19104566D-E
- 01/29/19 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
- 02/04/19 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/04/19 House: Read first time
- 02/04/19 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/05/19 House: Assigned App. sub: General Government & Capital Outlay
- 02/06/19 House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/19 House: Committee substitute printed 19106474D-H1
- 02/08/19 House: Read second time
- 02/11/19 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/12/19 House: Read third time
- 02/12/19 House: Committee substitute agreed to 19106474D-H1
- 02/12/19 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1715H1
- 02/12/19 House: Passed House with substitute Block Vote (97-Y 1-N)
- 02/12/19 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 1-N)
- 02/13/19 Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (1-Y 37-N)
- 02/13/19 House: House insisted on substitute
- 02/13/19 House: House requested conference committee
- 02/13/19 Senate: Senate acceded to request (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/19 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/13/19 Senate: Senators: Boysko, Howell, Dunnavant
- 02/13/19 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/13/19 House: Delegates: Byron, Ransone, Kory
- 02/22/19 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 02/23/19 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N)
- 02/23/19 House: Conference report agreed to by House (96-Y 1-N)
- 02/23/19 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (96-Y 1-N)
- 03/07/19 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/07/19 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1715ER)
- 03/07/19 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/09/19 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/19 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2019
- 03/11/19 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- 03/18/19 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 550 (effective 1/1/20)
- 03/18/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0550)