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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 608

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Relating to: the sales tax imposed on ecosystem restoration services. (FE)

Legislature — Tax exemptions, joint survey committee on Plants Sales tax — Exemption Sanitation and sewerage management Trades and occupations

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill excludes the sale of certain landscape restoration services from the

sales tax. Under current law, the sale of landscaping and lawn maintenance services

is subject to the sales tax. The bill excludes from taxable landscaping services the

restoration of landscapes using native plants in order to improve land, soil, or water

quality, or to improve biodiversity or other ecosystem functions.

Because this bill relates to an exemption from state or local taxes, it may be

referred to the Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions for a report to be printed

as an appendix to the bill.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ballweg (R) , Considine (D) , E. Brooks (R) , Horlacher (R) , Jarchow (R) , Novak (R) , Sinicki (D) , Skowronski (R) , Spreitzer (D)

3 cosponsors

Marklein (R) , Nass (R) , Ringhand (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 13, Noes 0

Passed 13–0 Jan 22, 2016 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 13, Noes 0

Passed 13–0 Jan 22, 2016 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 3

Passed 10–3 Jan 22, 2016 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report of joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 8, Noes 1

Passed 8–1 Feb 1, 2016 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. Dec 23, 2015 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Novak, Spreitzer, Ballweg, E. Brooks, Considine, Horlacher, Jarchow, Sinicki and Skowronski; cosponsored by Senators Marklein, Ringhand and Nass

  2. Dec 23, 2015 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means

  3. Dec 23, 2015 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions

  4. Jan 7, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Novak

  5. Jan 7, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Novak

  6. Jan 14, 2016 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Jan 21, 2016 · Assembly

    Public hearing held by committee on Ways and Means

  8. Jan 21, 2016 · Assembly

    Executive action taken by committee on Ways and Means

  9. Jan 22, 2016 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 3

  10. Jan 22, 2016 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 13, Noes 0

  11. Jan 22, 2016 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 13, Noes 0

  12. Jan 27, 2016 · Assembly

    Executive action taken by joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions

  13. Feb 1, 2016 · Assembly

    Report of joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 8, Noes 1

  14. Feb 12, 2016 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  15. Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1