Advanced recycling; incentives in income tax, sales tax, and machinery and tools tax, taxable years.
Summary
Advanced recycling; incentives in income tax,sales tax, and machinery and tools tax. Postpones from 2020 to2025 the sunset date of the income tax credit for purchase of equipmentfor processing recyclable materials and makes eligible for the creditpurchases of equipment used in advanced recycling, defined in thebill. The bill increases the dollar value of the credit from 20 percentto 100 percent of the purchase price of such equipment, eliminatesthe requirement that a taxpayer may only claim up to 40 percent ofhis tax liability in credit per year, and makes the credit refundableand transferable for credits issued starting in taxable year 2020.The bill provides that certain machinery,tools, and materials used in advanced recycling shall be exempt fromsales tax. The bill provides that such machinery, tools, and materialsshall be segregated and classified as machinery and tools, which aretaxed at a lower rate than the generally applicable personal propertytax rate.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Apr 2020
Introduced Jan 7, 2020
Signed Apr 7, 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
30
Key actions
8
Committee
8
Apr 7, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 789 (effective - see bill)
executive
Feb 24, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed House (87-Y 12-N)
lower
Feb 19, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Finance (20-Y 2-N)
lower
Feb 17, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 13, 2020
Committee
Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Feb 12, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance
lower
Feb 5, 2020
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 4, 2020
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB590S1
upper
Feb 4, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20107050D-S1
upper
Jan 30, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (11-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 7, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
upper
Jan 7, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101453D
upper
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
EH
Emmett Hanger
RRepublican
Co
John Avoli
RRepublican
Co
LL
Lynwood Lewis
DDemocratic
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