CS/SB 542 (2020) -  Back-to-school Sales Tax Holiday

General Bill by Commerce and Tourism and Perry
Back-to-school Sales Tax Holiday: Providing exemptions from the sales and use tax on the retail sale of certain clothing, wallets, bags, school supplies, personal computers, and personal computer-related accessories during a specified timeframe; specifying locations where the exemptions do not apply; authorizing certain dealers to opt out of participating in the tax holiday, subject to certain requirements, etc.
Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Last Event: 03/14/20 S Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7097 (Ch. 2020-10) on Saturday, March 14, 2020 12:00 AM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Commerce and Tourism
    • On agenda for: 11/12/19 10:30 AM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 5   Nays 0
  • Finance and Tax
    • On agenda for: 02/13/20 12:30 PM
    • Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 8   Nays 0
  • Appropriations
    • On agenda for: 02/27/20 9:00 AM
    • Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 19   Nays 0

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: CS/HB 7097 Subject: Taxation Relationship: Compare

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Appropriations 2/28/2020 10:59:13 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Appropriations 2/26/2020 9:24:38 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Finance and Tax 2/13/2020 3:23:58 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Finance and Tax 2/12/2020 12:32:02 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Commerce and Tourism 11/12/2019 4:34:07 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Commerce and Tourism 11/8/2019 9:17:04 AM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7097 (Ch. 2020-10) Time: 03/14/2020 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Time: 03/14/2020 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading Time: 02/28/2020 - 11:11 AM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c1
Event: S Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 -SJ 357 Time: 02/27/2020 - 5:07 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/27/20, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building Time: 02/24/2020 - 7:16 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c1
Event: S Now in Appropriations Time: 02/14/2020 - 7:48 AM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c1
Event: S Favorable by Finance and Tax; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 324 Time: 02/13/2020 - 2:19 PM Member: Committee: Finance and Tax Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Finance and Tax, 02/13/20, 12:30 pm, 401 Senate Building Time: 02/10/2020 - 5:13 PM Member: Committee: Finance and Tax Version: c1
Event: S CS by Commerce and Tourism read 1st time -SJ 127 Time: 01/14/2020 - 7:54 PM Member: Committee: Commerce and Tourism Version: c1
Event: S Introduced -SJ 42 Time: 01/14/2020 - 11:02 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Now in Finance and Tax Time: 11/18/2019 - 12:09 PM Member: Committee: Finance and Tax Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 11/13/2019 - 1:31 PM Member: Committee: Commerce and Tourism Version: c1
Event: S CS by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 133 Time: 11/12/2019 - 12:53 PM Member: Committee: Commerce and Tourism Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 11/12/19, 10:30 am, 110 Senate Building Time: 11/05/2019 - 4:12 PM Member: Committee: Commerce and Tourism Version: __
Event: S Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Finance and Tax; Appropriations -SJ 42 Time: 11/01/2019 - 9:36 AM Member: Committee: Commerce and Tourism Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 10/17/2019 - 8:37 AM Member: Committee: Version: __