TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF “INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS” FOR PURPOSES OF THE SALES TAX EXEMPTION FOR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS PURCHASED BY A SCHOOL; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
Apr 2021
Senate Passage
Apr 2021
House Passage
Apr 2021
Signed into Law
Apr 2021
Introduced Feb 1, 2021
Signed Apr 26, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Apr 15, 2021 · House Apr 21, 2021
How they voted
33–1
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 35
Apr 15, 2021
D
Democratic7
85% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican27
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
9
Committee
2
Apr 26, 2021
Signed into law
Notification that SB244 is now Act 914
upper
Apr 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned from the House as passed.
upper
Apr 21, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned To the Senate as passed.
lower
Apr 21, 2021
Lower · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
lower
Apr 21, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Apr 20, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Apr 15, 2021
Upper · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
upper
Apr 15, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Apr 14, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Feb 1, 2021
Introduced
Filed
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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