Relating to state, county, and municipal sales and use taxes; to amend Section 40-23-5, Code of Alabama 1975, to exempt capital expenditures of the Birmingham Zoo from state, county, and municipal sales and use taxes through September 30, 2027.
Summary
Taxation, sales and use tax, the Birmingham Zoo, exempt capital expenditures from payment of all state, county, and municipal taxes through fiscal year 2027
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
House Passage
May 2023
Senate Passage
May 2023
Signed into Law
May 2023
Introduced Mar 21, 2023
Signed May 30, 2023
Floor votes · Senate May 25, 2023 · House May 2, 2023
How they voted
29–0
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 34
May 25, 2023
D
Democratic8
75% Yea
R
Republican26
88% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
6
Committee
5
May 25, 2023
Upper · Passed
Read a Third Time and Pass
upper
May 17, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in Second House
upper
May 17, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported Favorably (Finance and Taxation Education)
upper
May 2, 2023
Committee
Referred to Committee (Finance and Taxation Education)
upper
May 2, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read a Third Time and Pass
lower
Apr 26, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
lower
Apr 26, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Favorably (Ways and Means Education)
lower
Mar 21, 2023
Introduced
Introduced and Referred (Ways and Means Education)
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
David Faulkner
RRepublican
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