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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 781

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Relating to: a sales tax holiday in August. (FE)

Data processing Electric appliance Legislature — Tax exemptions, joint survey committee on Personal property Revenue, department of Sales tax School — Supplies

  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

Under this bill, annually, for the two-day period beginning on the first

Saturday in August and ending on the following Sunday, the sales of the following

items are exempt from the sales tax and the use tax:

1. An item of clothing, not including clothing accessories, if the sales price of

any single item is no more than $75.

2. A computer purchased by the consumer for the consumer's personal use, if

the sales price of the computer is no more than $2,000.

3. School computer supplies, if the sales price of any single item is no more than

$250.

4. School instructional materials, if the sales price of any single item is no more

than $300.

5. School supplies, if the sales price of any single item is no more than $75.

The bill provides, however, that the exemption does not apply in any year in

which the Department of Revenue determines, by May 1, that the state's financial

situation would make implementation of the exemption imprudent.

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: Heaton (R) , Horlacher (R) , Krug (R) , Petryk (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Sinicki (D) , Skowronski (R) , VanderMeer (R)

4 cosponsors

Gudex (R) , L. Taylor (D) , LeMahieu (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report of joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 7, Noes 1

Passed 7–1 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. Jan 22, 2016 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives VanderMeer, Heaton, Horlacher, Krug, Petryk, Rohrkaste, Sinicki and Skowronski; cosponsored by Senators LeMahieu, Wanggaard, Gudex and L. Taylor

  2. Jan 22, 2016 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means

  3. Jan 25, 2016 · Assembly

    Referred to joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (1)(b)

  4. Jan 27, 2016 · Assembly

    Executive action taken by joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions

  5. Feb 1, 2016 · Assembly

    Report of joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 7, Noes 1

  6. Feb 2, 2016 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Feb 3, 2016 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  8. Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1