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SENATE BILL 46

CHAPTER NUMBER: 10
File Code: Taxes - Sales and Use

Sponsored By:
Senators Forehand and Jones

Entitled:
Budget Financing Act

Synopsis:

Altering the distribution of the sales and use tax revenue; altering the State income tax rate for specified income of individuals for specified taxable years; altering the definition of "taxable service" under the sales and use tax to repeal the tax on computer services; providing exemptions under the sales and use tax for specified custom computer software services under specified circumstances and for specified optional computer software maintenance contracts under specified circumstances; etc.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

Legislative date is used to record history occuring in the Chambers otherwise Calendar date is used. Explain Legislative Date and Calendar Date
Senate Action
1/10
First Reading Budget and Taxation
2/27
Hearing 3/12 at 2:00 p.m.
4/3
Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation
3/30
Favorable with Amendments
Committee Amendment Adopted
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted (31-14)
Floor Amendment (Senator Brinkley) Rejected (13-34)
Floor Amendment (Senator Brinkley) Rejected (17-30)
Floor Amendment (Senator Brinkley) Rejected (10-37)
Floor Amendment (Senator Brinkley) Rejected (18-29)
Floor Amendment (Senator Brinkley) Rejected (14-33)
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/31
Third Reading Passed (30-17)
4/2
Returned Passed
House Action
3/29
First Reading Ways and Means
4/4
Hearing 4/4 at 1:00 p.m.
4/5
Favorable Report by Ways and Means
3/31
Favorable Report Adopted
Floor Amendment (Delegate O'Donnell)
Motion vote previous question (Delegate Minnick) Adopted
Floor Amendment (Delegate O'Donnell) Rejected (43-94)
Floor Amendment (Delegate Barkley)
Motion vote previous question (Delegate Cane) Adopted
Floor Amendment (Delegate Barkley) Rejected (57-78)
Motion Rules Suspended two readings same day (Delegate Hixson)
Motion vote previous question (Delegate Minnick) Adopted
Motion Rules Suspended two readings same day Rejected (93-45)
Second Reading Passed
4/1
Motion vote previous question (Delegate Minnick) Adopted
Third Reading Passed (93-44)
Action after passage in Senate and House
4/8
Approved by the Governor
- Chapter 10

Sponsored by:

Senator Jennie M. Forehand, District 17
Senator Verna L. Jones, District 44

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Budgets -see also- Capital Budgets
Comptroller
Computers -see also- Electronic Commerce; Electronic Govmnt.
Contracts -see also- Land Installment Contracts; Procurement
Exemptions
Governor
Income Tax
Interest
Penalties
Sales and Use Tax
Sunset
Transportation-see also- Aircraft; Airports; Boats; etc

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Tax - General
( 2-1302.2 , 10-102.1 , 10-105 , 11-101 , 11-101 , 11-219 )

Documents:

Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format): First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter

Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format): Available

Amendments (Displayed in PDF Format):
Senate
Number: 579230/01     Offered on: April 3, 2008   at: 12:25 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Number: 713126/01     Offered on: April 3, 2008   at: 12:32 p.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 713126/02     Offered on: April 3, 2008   at: 12:44 p.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 713126/03     Offered on: April 3, 2008   at: 12:46 p.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 713126/04     Offered on: April 3, 2008   at: 12:58 p.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 863522/01     Offered on: April 3, 2008   at: 1:08 p.m.     Status: Rejected
House
Number: 303129/01     Offered on: April 5, 2008   at: 1:30 p.m.     Status: Rejected
Number: 483425/01     Offered on: April 5, 2008   at: 2:03 p.m.     Status: Rejected

Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
Senate
March 30, 2008: Favorable with Amendments Adopted (31-14)
March 30, 2008: Floor Amendment (Brinkley) {713126/1 Rejected (13-34)
March 30, 2008: Floor Amendment (Brinkley) {713126/2 Rejected (17-30)
March 30, 2008: Floor Amendment (Brinkley) {713126/3 Rejected (10-37)
March 30, 2008: Floor Amendment (Brinkley) {713126/4 Rejected (18-29)
March 30, 2008: Floor Amendment (Brinkley) {863522/1 Rejected (14-33)
March 31, 2008: Third Reading Passed (30-17)
House
March 31, 2008: Floor Amendment (ODonnell) Rejected (43-94)
March 31, 2008: Floor Amendment (Barkley) Rejected (57-78)
March 31, 2008: Motion Rules Suspended two readings same day Rejected (93-45)
April 1, 2008: Third Reading Passed (93-44)



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