Improving the effectiveness and adequacy of state tax laws by clarifying and simplifying nexus provisions, by decreasing compliance and administrative burdens for taxpayers and the department of revenue, by facilitating the collection of new tax revenue resulting from the United States supreme court's decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., by providing more consistent tax obligations for both domestic and foreign sellers, and by simplifying the expiration of sales tax sourcing mitigation payments to local governments on September 30, 2019.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Mar 2019
Senate Passage
Mar 2019
House Passage
Mar 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Jan 24, 2019
Signed Mar 14, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Mar 11, 2019 · House Mar 8, 2019
How they voted
34–9
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 44
Mar 11, 2019
D
Democratic27
96% Yea
R
Republican17
52% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
30
Key actions
14
Committee
8
Mar 14, 2019
Signed into law
Governor signed.
upper
Mar 11, 2019
Upper · Passed
Speaker signed.
upper
Mar 11, 2019
Upper · Passed
President signed.
upper
Mar 11, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed final passage; yeas, 37; nays, 11; absent, 0; excused, 1.
upper
Mar 11, 2019
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred in House amendments.
upper
Mar 8, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
upper
Mar 8, 2019
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (57-35-3)
house
Feb 28, 2019
Committee
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
upper
Feb 25, 2019
Lower · Passed
Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 08:00 AM
lower
Feb 25, 2019
Upper · Passed
FIN - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
upper
Feb 25, 2019
Upper · Passed
FIN - Executive action taken by committee.
upper
Feb 21, 2019
Lower · Passed
Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 01:30 PM
lower
Feb 7, 2019
Upper · Passed
Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
upper
Feb 7, 2019
Upper · Passed
WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
upper
Feb 4, 2019
Upper · Passed
Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
upper
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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