AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Exempts reusable bags not including paper or plastic bags from the state sales tax.)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
Jun 2021
Senate Passage
Jun 2021
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 10, 2021
Last action Jun 16, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Jun 15, 2021
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 37
Jun 15, 2021
D
Democratic32
96% Yea
R
Republican5
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Jun 16, 2021
Committee
06/16/2021 Referred to House Finance
lower
Jun 15, 2021
Upper · Passed
06/15/2021 Senate passed Sub A
upper
Jun 9, 2021
Legislature · Passed
06/09/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A
legislature
Feb 24, 2021
Legislature · Passed
02/24/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Feb 10, 2021
Introduced
02/10/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture
upper
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Lou DiPalma
DDemocratic
P
Melissa Murray
DDemocratic
P
Walter Felag
DDemocratic
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