CS/HB 979: Sales Tax Absorption
GENERAL BILL by Ways and Means Committee ; Valdes ; Fine ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Fernandez-Barquin ; Fischer ; Hart ; Santiago
Sales Tax Absorption; Deletes prohibitions against dealer advertising or holding out to public that he or she will absorb all or part of sales & use tax or will relieve purchaser of all or part of tax; authorizes dealers, subject to specified conditions, to advertise or hold out to public that they will absorb all or part of tax or refund any part thereof to purchaser; revises criminal penalty; provides that certain persons who unlawfully fail to remit absorbed sales taxes are guilty of theft of state funds.
Senate Committee References:
- Commerce and Tourism (CM)
- Finance and Tax (FT)
- Rules (RC)
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/20/2019 | House |
• Filed |
| 2/28/2019 | House |
• Referred to Ways and Means Committee; Business and Professions Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee -HJ 99 |
| 3/5/2019 | House |
• Introduced -HJ 99 |
| 4/15/2019 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- Ways and Means Committee, 04/17/19, 8:00 am, Morris Hall |
| 4/17/2019 | House |
• CS by Ways and Means Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 -HJ 745 • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c) • CS by Ways and Means Committee read 1st time -HJ 739 |
| 4/18/2019 | House |
• Original reference(s) removed: Business and Professions Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee • Referred to- Calendar -HJ 757 |
| 4/22/2019 | House |
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/25/19 |
| 4/25/2019 | House |
• Read 2nd time -HJ 917 • Read 3rd time -HJ 917 • CS passed; YEAS 112 NAYS 0 -HJ 917 |
| 4/26/2019 | Senate |
• In Messages • Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Finance and Tax; Rules -SJ 579 • Received -SJ 579 |
| 5/3/2019 | Senate |
• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration • Died in Commerce and Tourism |
