TAX/INCOME TAX: Provides relative to income tax deduction for certain educational expenses incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic (Item #26) (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2020
Committee Review
Oct 2020
House Passage
Oct 2020
Senate Passage
Oct 2020
Signed into Law
Oct 2020
Introduced Sep 28, 2020
Signed Oct 28, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Oct 19, 2020 · House Oct 6, 2020
How they voted
27–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 30
Oct 19, 2020
D
Democratic9
88% Yea
R
Republican21
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
4
Committee
3
Amendments
2
Oct 28, 2020
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 13.
lower
Oct 20, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 84, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
Oct 20, 2020
Introduced
Received from the Senate with amendments.
lower
Oct 19, 2020
Upper · Passed
The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Oct 14, 2020
Committee
Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. Rules suspended. Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
Oct 7, 2020
Committee
Received in the Senate; read by title Rules suspended. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.
upper
Oct 6, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 85, nays 2. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Oct 5, 2020
Introduced
Reported with amendments (14-0).
lower
Sep 28, 2020
Committee
Read by title, rules suspended, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Rick Edmonds
RRepublican
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