Meals tax and county food and beverage tax; exemption for farmers market and roadside stand sales.
Summary
Meals tax and county food and beverage tax; exemption for farmers market and roadside stand sales up to $2,500. Exempts from meals tax, which may be imposed by any city or town, and food and beverage tax, which may be imposed by any county, sales by sellers at local farmers markets and roadside stands when such sellers' annual income from such sales does not exceed $2,500. The bill defines such sellers' annual income as income from sales at all local farmer's markets and roadside stands, not just those sales occurring in the locality imposing the tax.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 1, 2020
Signed Mar 10, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
33
Key actions
10
Committee
8
Amendments
1
Mar 10, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 241 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 20, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
upper
Feb 18, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 6, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 5, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 5, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB342E
lower
Feb 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
lower
Feb 3, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
lower
Jan 29, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Finance with amendments (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 1-N)
lower
Jan 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 14, 2020
Committee
Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 1, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance
lower
Jan 1, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100190D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Robert B. Bell
RRepublican
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