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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 580

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Relating to: sales and use tax exemption for beekeeping equipment. (FE)

Bees Legislature — Tax exemptions joint survey committee on Sales tax — Exemption

  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 current law, sales of certain items used in the business of farming are

exempt from sales and use taxes. Farming includes beekeeping, which is defined to

mean the business of moving, raising, producing, and other management of bees or

bee products. This bill creates a sales and use tax exemption for sales of equipment

used in beekeeping that is engaged in as a hobby, rather than as a business.

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: Anderson (D) , Ballweg (R) , Considine (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Mursau (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Pronschinske (R) , Sargent (D) , Sortwell (R) , Tusler (R) , VanderMeer (R)

1 cosponsors

Olsen (R)

Full history

  1. Oct 25, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Mursau, Ballweg, Sargent, Anderson, Sortwell, Pronschinske, Considine, Ohnstad, Tusler, Hesselbein and VanderMeer; cosponsored by Senator Olsen

  2. Oct 25, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means

  3. Nov 8, 2019 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1