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CS/CS/SB 336: Local Tax Referenda

GENERAL BILL by Rules ; Finance and Tax ; Brandes

Local Tax Referenda; Providing that a referendum to adopt or amend a local discretionary sales surtax must be held at a general election; requiring a county to make the proposed referendum and a specified legal opinion available on its official website; requiring a supervisor of elections to verify petition signatures and retain signature forms in a specified manner, etc.

Effective Date: 1/1/2020
Last Action: 5/2/2019 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 5 (Ch. 2019-64) -SJ 781
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Ethics and Elections (EE)
  2. Finance and Tax (FT)
  3. Rules (RC)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/15/2019 Senate • Filed
1/25/2019 Senate • Referred to Ethics and Elections; Finance and Tax; Rules -SJ 56
2/4/2019 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 02/13/19, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
2/13/2019 Senate • Favorable by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 5 NAYS 2 -SJ 158
• Now in Finance and Tax
3/5/2019 Senate • Introduced -SJ 56
3/15/2019 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Finance and Tax, 03/20/19, 1:30 pm, 401 Senate Building
3/20/2019 Senate • CS by Finance and Tax; YEAS 6 NAYS 2 -SJ 257
3/21/2019 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
3/25/2019 Senate • Now in Rules
3/26/2019 Senate • CS by Finance and Tax read 1st time -SJ 267
4/12/2019 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/17/19, 2:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
4/17/2019 Senate • CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 11 NAYS 5 -SJ 379
4/18/2019 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
4/22/2019 Senate • CS/CS by Rules read 1st time -SJ 381
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
4/30/2019 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 05/02/19
5/2/2019 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 781
• Substituted CS/CS/HB 5 -SJ 781
• Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 5 (Ch. 2019-64) -SJ 781