HB 882 Georgia House · 2019-2020 Regular Session

Sales and use tax; exemption for the sale of food and food ingredients to qualified food banks; eliminate sunset period

Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding the state sales and use tax, so as to eliminate the sunset period for the exemption from state and certain local sales and use taxes for the sale of food and food ingredients to qualified food banks and for the use of food and food ingredients donated to qualified nonprofit agencies; to expand the exemption for the use of food and food ingredients donated to qualified nonprofit agencies to include disaster relief; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2020
Committee Review
Jun 2020
House Passage
Mar 2020
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 3, 2020 Last action Jun 22, 2020
Floor votes · House Mar 4, 2020

How they voted

500
Passed · 7 other
Total votes 57
Mar 4, 2020
D Democratic20
19 Yea 1
95% Yea
R Republican37
31 Yea 6
83% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
9
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Jun 22, 2020
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
upper
Mar 5, 2020
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Mar 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted
lower
Feb 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported
lower
6 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors