Relative to the Sales Tax Fairness and Simplification Act.
Summary
This measure would urge members of the California congressional delegation to join in support of legislative action by the Congress of the United States to allow states to collect use taxes on remote sales and to exempt from the use tax collection requirement small businesses that sell products over the Internet, and for the President to sign that legislation.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2009
Committee Review
Jul 2009
Senate Passage
Jun 2009
Assembly Passage
Aug 2009
Signed into Law
Sep 2009
Introduced Jan 27, 2009
Signed Sep 11, 2009
Floor votes · Senate Jun 3, 2009 · Assembly Aug 24, 2009
How they voted
22–16
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 39
Jun 3, 2009
D
Democratic24
91% Yea
R
Republican15
100% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
4
Committee
2
Amendments
3
Sep 4, 2009
Introduced
Senate concurs in Assembly amendments. (Ayes 24. Noes 15. Page 2213.) To enrollment.
upper
Aug 24, 2009
Assembly · Passed
Assembly Vote: pass (40-29-4)
assembly
Jul 15, 2009
Introduced
Amended.
lower
Jul 14, 2009
Lower · Passed
(Heard in committee on July 6.)
lower
Jul 14, 2009
Lower · Passed
From committee: Be adopted as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.)
lower
Jun 3, 2009
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (22-16-1)
senate
Feb 5, 2009
Committee
Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.
upper
Jan 27, 2009
Introduced
Introduced. To Com. on RLS.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Denise Moreno Ducheny
DDemocratic
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