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CS/HB 737: Tax on Sales, Use, and Other Transactions

GENERAL BILL by Finance and Tax Committee ; Porter ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Abruzzo ; Coley ; Kiar ; Nunez

Tax on Sales, Use, and Other Transactions; Specifies period during 2012 when sales of clothing, wallets, bags, & school supplies are exempt from sales tax; provides exceptions; authorizes DOR to adopt emergency rules; provides appropriation. APPROPRIATION: $226,284

Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Last Action: 3/9/2012 House - Died in Conference Committee, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7087 (Ch. 2012-32)
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
11/21/2011 House • Filed
11/29/2011 House • Referred to Finance and Tax Committee; Appropriations Committee -HJ 72
1/10/2012 House • Introduced -HJ 72
1/24/2012 House • On Committee agenda-- Finance and Tax Committee, 01/26/12, 2:30 pm, Morris Hall
1/26/2012 House • CS by Finance and Tax Committee; YEAS 21 NAYS 0 -HJ 310
1/31/2012 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
2/1/2012 House • Original reference(s) removed: Appropriations Committee
• Referred to- Calendar -HJ 318
• CS by Finance and Tax Committee read 1st time -HJ 314
2/6/2012 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/08/12
2/8/2012 House • Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading -HJ 531
2/10/2012 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/14/12
2/14/2012 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 584
• Amendment(s) adopted (257701) -HJ 584
• Placed on 3rd reading
2/15/2012 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 607
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 115 NAYS 0 -HJ 607
• Requests that the Senate pass the bill as passed by the House or agree to conference -HJ 626
2/16/2012 Senate • In Messages
2/21/2012 Senate • Received -SJ 550
• Referred to Budget -SJ 550
2/23/2012 Senate • Withdrawn from Budget -SJ 666
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/23/12 -SJ 666
• Read 2nd time -SJ 667
• Amendment(s) adopted (280658) -SJ 667
• Read 3rd time -SJ 667
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 2 -SJ 667
• The Senate having refused to pass the bill as passed by the House, acceded to the request for a conference -SJ 670
• Immediately certified -SJ 667
2/23/2012 House • In returning messages
2/28/2012 House • Conference Committee appointed: Representatives Precourt (Chair), Albritton, Caldwell, Costello, Julien, Ray, Randolph, Rooney, Steube, Thurston -HJ 899
2/28/2012 Senate • Conference Committee appointed: Budget Conference Committee on Budget/Appropriations: Alexander (Chair), Negron (Vice Chair), Bennett (At Large), Gaetz (At Large), Gardiner (At Large), Joyner (At Large), Rich (At Large), Thrasher (At Large); Budget Conference Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice/Justice: Bogdanoff (Chair), Evers, Smith, Storms; Budget Conference Committee on Education Pre-K - 12/PreK-12: Simmons (Chair), Detert, Gardiner, Montford, Ring; Budget Conference Committee on Finance and Tax: Norman (Chair), Alexander, Gaetz, Siplin; Budget Conference Committee on General Government/Government Operations: Hays (Chair), Braynon, Bullard, Diaz de la Portilla, Dockery, Jones, Thrasher; Budget Conference Committee on Health and Human Services/Health Care: Negron (Chair), Fasano, Flores, Garcia, Oelrich, Rich, Richter, Sobel; Budget Conference Committee on Higher Education/Higher Education: Lynn (Chair), Altman, Sachs, Siplin, Wise; Budget Conference Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development/Transportation and Economic Development: Benacquisto (Chair), Bennett, Dean, Gibson, Latvala, Margolis -SJ 704
3/9/2012 House • Died in Conference Committee, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7087 (Ch. 2012-32)