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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 526

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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 Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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: Olsen (R)

11 cosponsors

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

Full history

  1. Oct 25, 2019 · Senate

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

  2. Oct 25, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions

  3. Nov 1, 2019 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1