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2022 SESSION

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SB 517 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for medicine and drugs purchased by veterinarians.

Introduced by: L. Louise Lucas | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Retail sales and use tax; exemption for medicine and drugs purchased by veterinarians. Exempts veterinarians from sales and use tax on the purchase of prescription medicines and drugs that are administered or dispensed to patients within a veterinarian-client-patient relationship. The bill repeals provisions of current law that provide that a veterinarian dispensing or selling medicines or drugs on prescription shall be deemed to be the user or consumer of all such medicines and drugs. The bill provides that the exemption shall be in effect from July 1, 2022, until July 1, 2025. This bill is identical to HB 551.

FULL TEXT

• 01/12/22  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100192D  pdf | impact statement
• 01/28/22  Senate: Printed as engrossed 22100192D-E  pdf | impact statement
• 03/02/22  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB517ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/11/22  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0552)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• Senate amendments

HISTORY

• 01/12/22  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100192D
• 01/12/22  Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
• 01/26/22  Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (13-Y 2-N)
• 01/27/22  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 01/28/22  Senate: Read second time
• 01/28/22  Senate: Reading of amendments waived
• 01/28/22  Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
• 01/28/22  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB517E
• 01/28/22  Senate: Printed as engrossed 22100192D-E
• 01/31/22  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/18/22  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/18/22  House: Read first time
• 02/18/22  House: Referred to Committee on Finance
• 02/21/22  House: Reported from Finance (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/21/22  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 02/23/22  House: Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N)
• 02/25/22  House: Read second time
• 02/28/22  House: Read third time
• 02/28/22  House: Passed House (97-Y 2-N)
• 02/28/22  House: VOTE: (97-Y 2-N)
• 03/02/22  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/02/22  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB517ER)
• 03/02/22  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/03/22  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/11/22  Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
• 03/11/22  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 04/11/22  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 552 (effective 7/1/22)
• 04/11/22  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0552)