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SB 500: Back-to-school Sales Tax Holiday

GENERAL BILL by Perry

Back-to-school Sales Tax Holiday; Providing exemptions from the sales and use tax on the retail sale of certain clothing, wallets, bags, school supplies, personal computers, and personal computer-related accessories during a specified timeframe; specifying locations where the exemptions do not apply; authorizing certain dealers to opt out of participating in the tax holiday, subject to certain requirements, etc.

Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Senate - Died in Finance and Tax, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7071 (Ch. 2022-97)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Commerce and Tourism (CM)
  2. Finance and Tax (FT)
  3. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    10/14/2021 Senate • Filed
    11/3/2021 Senate • Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Finance and Tax; Appropriations -SJ 29
    11/22/2021 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 11/30/21, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building
    11/30/2021 Senate • Favorable by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 95
    • Now in Finance and Tax
    1/11/2022 Senate • Introduced -SJ 29
    3/12/2022 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    3/14/2022 Senate • Died in Finance and Tax, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7071 (Ch. 2022-97)

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  • SB 500, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 10/14/2021 at 9:15 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Commerce and Tourism (Pre-Meeting) 11/29/2021 (pdf)
    Commerce and Tourism (Post-Meeting) 11/30/2021 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 7071 (er) Taxation Appropriations Committee Compare Last Action: 5/6/2022 Chapter No. 2022-97; companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5001 (Ch. 2022-156)

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    11/30/2021 9:00 AM Commerce and Tourism 9 Yeas - 0 Nays

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