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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 641

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Relating to: eliminating the Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions.

Legislature — Tax exemptions, joint survey committee on

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

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill eliminates the Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions. Under

current law, bills creating tax exemptions must be referred to the committee and the

committee must issue a report on the legality of the bill, the fiscal effect of the tax

exemption upon the state and its subdivisions, and its desirability as a matter of

public policy.

Sponsors

Introduced by: August (R) , Gannon (R) , Hesselbein (D) , Horlacher (R) , Katsma (R) , Kleefisch (R) , Knodl (R) , Knudson (R) , Kooyenga (R) , Macco (R) , Ohnstad (D) , R. Brooks (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Skowronski (R) , Swearingen (R)

7 cosponsors

Kapenga (R) , LeMahieu (R) , Marklein (R) , Nass (R) , Stroebel (R) , Tiffany (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs and Government Operations, Ayes 13, Noes 0

Passed 13–0 Feb 2, 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. Jan 7, 2016 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Hesselbein, August, Swearingen, R. Brooks, Gannon, Horlacher, Katsma, Kleefisch, Kooyenga, Knodl, Knudson, Ohnstad, Rohrkaste, Skowronski and Macco; cosponsored by Senators LeMahieu, Tiffany, Kapenga, Marklein, Nass, Stroebel and Wanggaard

  2. Jan 7, 2016 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs and Government Operations

  3. Jan 20, 2016 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Jan 27, 2016 · Assembly

    Executive session held

  5. Feb 2, 2016 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs and Government Operations, Ayes 13, Noes 0

  6. Feb 2, 2016 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. Feb 4, 2016 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-9-2016 by Committee on Rules

  8. Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  9. Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  10. Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  11. Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  12. Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  13. Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  14. Feb 10, 2016 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  15. Feb 11, 2016 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  16. Feb 11, 2016 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  17. Apr 13, 2016 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1