CS/HB 999: Legal Tender
GENERAL BILL by Commerce Committee ; Bankson ; LaMarca ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Barnaby ; Benarroch ; Black ; Botana ; Buchanan ; Chamberlin ; Kendall ; Miller ; Plakon ; Plasencia
Legal Tender; Revising the sales and use tax exemption for certain coin or currency; specifying that a person who claims the sales tax exemption bears the burden for determining whether the gold coin or silver coin meets a specified definition; providing a presumption regarding the purity requirements of gold coin and silver coin, etc.
Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Last Action: 4/30/2025 House - Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
Bill Text: PDF
Last Action: 4/30/2025 House - Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
Bill Text: PDF
Senate Committee References:
- Appropriations (AP)
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/24/2025 | House |
• Filed |
| 3/2/2025 | House |
• Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee • Referred to Ways & Means Committee • Referred to Commerce Committee • Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee |
| 3/4/2025 | House |
• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) |
| 3/18/2025 | House |
• Added to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee agenda |
| 3/20/2025 | House |
• Favorable by Insurance & Banking Subcommittee |
| 3/21/2025 | House |
• Reported out of Insurance & Banking Subcommittee • Now in Ways & Means Committee |
| 3/31/2025 | House |
• Added to Ways & Means Committee agenda |
| 4/2/2025 | House |
• Favorable by Ways & Means Committee • Reported out of Ways & Means Committee • Now in Commerce Committee |
| 4/11/2025 | House |
• PCS added to Commerce Committee agenda |
| 4/15/2025 | House |
• Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee |
| 4/17/2025 | House |
• Reported out of Commerce Committee • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) • CS Filed • Bill referred to House Calendar • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/23/2025) • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) |
| 4/23/2025 | House |
• Read 2nd time • Placed on 3rd reading • Added to Third Reading Calendar • Read 3rd time • CS passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 1 |
| 4/23/2025 | Senate |
• In Messages • Referred to Appropriations • Received |
| 4/29/2025 | Senate |
• Withdrawn from Appropriations -SJ 629 • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading • Substituted for CS/CS/SB 132 -SJ 629 • Read 2nd time -SJ 629 • Amendment(s) adopted (253202) -SJ 629 • Read 3rd time -SJ 635 • CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 -SJ 635 |
| 4/29/2025 | House |
• In Messages |
| 4/30/2025 | House |
• Senate Message List • Amendment 253202 Concur • CS passed as amended; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 • Ordered engrossed, then enrolled |
