CS/SB 266 (2014) -  Communications Services Taxes

General Bill by Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities and Hukill
Communications Services Taxes: Reducing the tax rate applied to the sale of communications services; reducing the tax rate applied to the retail sale of direct-to-home satellite services; conforming rates to the reduction of the communications services tax; revising the distribution of tax revenues received, etc.
Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Last Event: 05/02/14 S Died in Appropriations on Friday, May 2, 2014 10:39 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities
    • On agenda for: 02/04/14 10:00 AM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 8   Nays 0
  • Appropriations Subcommittee on Finance and Tax
    • On agenda for: 03/19/14 5:00 PM
    • Recommendation: Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 11   Nays 0
  • Appropriations

Related Bills

(No Related Bills On Record)

Bill Text

  • Committee Substitute 1
    • P 633482 , Appropriations Date Filed: 04/08/14, Line#: 0
    • A 750650 , Appropriations Subcommittee on Finance and Tax, Hukill Date Filed: 03/18/14, Line#: 27 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 03/21/2014 04:30 PM
  • Original Filed Version
    • A 852234 , Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities, Hukill Date Filed: 01/30/14, Line#: 0 Senate(c): Favorable 02/04/2014 11:30 AM
    • A 522720 , Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities, Hukill Date Filed: 01/30/14, Line#: 0 Senate(c): Favorable 02/04/2014 11:30 AM

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Finance and Tax 3/21/2014 6:08:05 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Finance and Tax 3/18/2014 8:18:59 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities 2/5/2014 2:47:35 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities 2/3/2014 8:40:46 AM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Appropriations Time: 05/02/2014 - 10:39 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c1
Event: S Now in Appropriations -SJ 318 Time: 03/21/2014 - 4:33 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c1
Event: S Subcommittee Recommendation: CS/CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Finance and Tax; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 -SJ 318 Time: 03/19/2014 - 6:30 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Finance and Tax Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Finance and Tax, 03/19/14, 5:00 pm, 37 Senate Office Building Time: 03/14/2014 - 2:50 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Finance and Tax Version: c1
Event: S CS by Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities read 1st time -SJ 120 Time: 03/04/2014 - 8:47 PM Member: Committee: Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities Version: c1
Event: S Introduced -SJ 30 Time: 03/04/2014 - 8:13 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Finance and Tax -SJ 137 Time: 02/11/2014 - 8:46 AM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Finance and Tax Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 02/05/2014 - 2:54 PM Member: Committee: Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities Version: c1
Event: S CS by Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 137 Time: 02/04/2014 - 11:30 AM Member: Committee: Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities, 02/04/14, 10:00 am, 301 Senate Office Building Time: 01/27/2014 - 10:06 AM Member: Committee: Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities Version: __
Event: S Referred to Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities; Appropriations Subcommittee on Finance and Tax; Appropriations -SJ 30 Time: 11/04/2013 - 11:56 AM Member: Committee: Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 10/14/2013 - 12:11 PM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
202.12
202.12001
202.18 HB 217, SB 818, HB 857
203.001