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CS/SB 938: Sales & Use Tax

JOINT RESOLUTION by Finance and Taxation ; Pruitt ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Carlton ; McKay ; Latvala ; King ; Lee ; Rossin ; Silver ; Smith ; Diaz de la Portilla ; Holzendorf ; Clary ; Villalobos ; Laurent ; Peaden ; Saunders ; Futch ; Sullivan ; Campbell ; Brown-Waite ; Geller ; Dawson ; Miller ; Meek ; Webster ; Garcia ; Sebesta

Sales & Use Tax; constitutional amendment to reduce general state sales & use tax rate to 4.5 percent & require extraordinary vote of Legislature to exceed this rate, except re specified transactions; to provide that all sales of goods or services are subject to tax, except for specified goods & services & except for exemptions enacted by specified date, etc. Creates s. 19, Art. VII.

Last Action: 3/22/2002 House - Died on Calendar
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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
12/21/2001 Senate • Prefiled
12/26/2001 Senate • Referred to Finance and Taxation; Rules and Calendar
12/27/2001 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Finance and Taxation, 01/09/02, 2:00 pm, 37-S --Temporarily postponed
1/22/2002 Senate • Introduced, referred to Finance and Taxation; Rules and Calendar -SJ 00061; On Committee agenda-- Finance and Taxation, 01/09/02, 2:00 pm, 37-S --Temporarily postponed; On Committee agenda-- Finance and Taxation, 01/25/02, 1:00 pm, 37-S
1/25/2002 Senate • CS by Finance and Taxation; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 00149; CS read first time on 01/30/02 -SJ 00174; Now in Rules and Calendar -SJ 00149; On Committee agenda-- Rules and Calendar, 01/29/02, 3:45 pm, 37-S
1/29/2002 Senate • Favorable by- Rules and Calendar; YEAS 12 NAYS 1 -SJ 00148; Placed on Calendar, on second reading -SJ 00148
1/31/2002 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00195; Read second time -SJ 00177; Read third time -SJ 00178; CS passed; YEAS 31 NAYS 9 -SJ 00181
2/14/2002 Senate • Retained -SJ 00245
2/18/2002 House • On Committee agenda-- Select Committee of the Whole, 02/20/02, Upon adjournment of the House, House Chamber --Not received
3/21/2002 House • In Messages; Received -HJ 02748
3/22/2002 House • Died on Calendar