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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 371

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Relating to: exempting personal property from the tax imposed on telephone companies. (FE)

Legislature — Tax exemptions joint survey committee on Lemon law Property tax — Exemption Telephone

  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

Current law imposes a tax on the real and tangible personal property of a

telephone company, not including computers, cash registers, fax machines, motor

vehicles, treatment plant and pollution abatement equipment, qualified broadband

service property, and property used less than 50 percent in the operation of the

telephone company. Current law defines a “telephone company” as any person that

provides to another person telecommunications services, including the resale of

services provided by another telephone company.

This bill exempts from the tax on a telephone company the company's tangible

personal property, beginning with assessments in 2023.

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: Brooks (R) , Rettinger (R) , Steffen (R) , Wichgers (R)

4 cosponsors

Bradley (R) , Dittrich (R) , Nass (R) , Quinn (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 11, Noes 0

Passed 11–0 Feb 1, 2024 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 7, Noes 4

Passed 7–4 Feb 1, 2024 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 1 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 11, Noes 4

Passed 11–4 Feb 6, 2024 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 Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 11, Noes 4

Passed 11–4 Feb 6, 2024 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. Jul 27, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Steffen, Brooks, Rettinger and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Bradley, Nass and Quinn

  2. Jul 27, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means

  3. Jul 27, 2023 · Assembly

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

  4. Aug 1, 2023 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Aug 15, 2023 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Dec 5, 2023 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Steffen

  7. Jan 11, 2024 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  8. Jan 11, 2024 · Assembly

    Representative Dittrich added as a coauthor

  9. Feb 1, 2024 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 7, Noes 4

  10. Feb 1, 2024 · Assembly

    Referred to joint committee on Finance

  11. Feb 1, 2024 · Assembly

    Executive action taken by joint committee on Finance

  12. Feb 1, 2024 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  13. Feb 1, 2024 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 11, Noes 0

  14. Feb 6, 2024 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 11, Noes 4

  15. Feb 6, 2024 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 11, Noes 4

  16. Feb 6, 2024 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  17. Feb 19, 2024 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Steffen

  18. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 10:15 AM on 2-22-2024 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 28

  19. Feb 22, 2024 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  20. Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1