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CS/CS/HB 1429: Tourist and Convention Development Taxes

GENERAL BILL by Ways and Means Committee ; Environment, Agriculture and Flooding Subcommittee ; Avila ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Benjamin ; Massullo ; Morales

Tourist and Convention Development Taxes; Removes provisions which require county or subcounty special taxing district to receive extraordinary vote of governing board for certain purposes; specifies that tourist development taxes are imposed by ordinance subject to referendum approval; specifies date in which ordinance imposed tourist development taxes become effective; authorizes counties to impose tourist development & district convention development taxes to finance flood mitigation projects or improvements; requires future ordinances levying convention development taxes to be approved in referendum; provides special taxing district may not increase tax without approval in referendum.

Effective Date: 7/1/2021
Last Action: 4/30/2021 Senate - Died in Appropriations
Bill Text: PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Appropriations (AP)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/26/2021 House • Filed
3/2/2021 House • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
3/5/2021 House • Referred to Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee
• Referred to Ways & Means Committee
• Referred to State Affairs Committee
• Now in Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee
3/11/2021 House • Added to Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee agenda
3/15/2021 House • Favorable with CS by Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee
• Reported out of Environment, Agriculture & Flooding Subcommittee
• Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
• CS Filed
3/16/2021 House • Referred to Ways & Means Committee
• Referred to State Affairs Committee
• Now in Ways & Means Committee
• 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
3/18/2021 House • Added to Ways & Means Committee agenda
3/22/2021 House • Favorable with CS by Ways & Means Committee
3/23/2021 House • Reported out of Ways & Means Committee
• Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
• CS Filed
• 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
3/24/2021 House • Referred to State Affairs Committee
• Now in State Affairs Committee
3/25/2021 House • Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
3/29/2021 House • Favorable by State Affairs Committee
• Reported out of State Affairs Committee
• Bill released to House Calendar
• Added to Second Reading Calendar
4/8/2021 House • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/13/2021)
4/13/2021 House • Read 2nd time
• Placed on 3rd reading
• Added to Third Reading Calendar
4/14/2021 House • Read 3rd time
• CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 2
4/15/2021 House • Message sent to senate
4/15/2021 Senate • In Messages
4/19/2021 Senate • Referred to Appropriations -SJ 501
4/20/2021 Senate • Received -SJ 501
4/30/2021 Senate • Died in Appropriations