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Bills · 2009-2010 Regular Session

AR 7

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requiring a two-thirds majority vote in the assembly for passage, concurrence, and adoption of proposals that increase the rate of the state sales tax, increase any of the rates of the income tax or franchise tax, or increase a fee.

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Adopted, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This resolution requires a two-thirds majority vote for passage, concurrence,

and adoption of a proposal to increase the rate of the state sales tax, to increase any

of the rates of the income tax or franchise tax, or increase a fee.

Sponsors

Introduced by: J. Ott (R) , Kramer (R) , LeMahieu (R) , Mursau (R) , Nygren (R) , Pridemore (R) , Strachota (R) , Vos (R) , Vukmir (R) , Zipperer (R)

Votes

Suspending the rules (to take a vote immediately) needs a two-thirds majority — a higher bar than passing the bill, which needs a simple majority. That's why a suspension motion can show more Ayes than the passage vote that follows it. Glossary

Assembly: Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Assembly Organization and take up, Ayes 43, Noes 53

Failed 43–53 Feb 24, 2009 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Feb 24, 2009 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Vukmir, Nygren, Kramer, Pridemore, Mursau, Strachota, Zipperer, J. Ott, LeMahieu and Vos

  2. Feb 24, 2009 · Assembly

    Read and referred to committee on Assembly Organization

  3. Feb 24, 2009 · Assembly

    Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Assembly Organization and take up, Ayes 43, Noes 53

  4. Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly

    Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1