Florida House Bill 979 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on May 3 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-05-03 - Died in Commerce and Tourism
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]

Deletes prohibitions against dealer advertising or holding out to public that he or she will absorb all or part of sales & use tax or will relieve purchaser of all or part of tax; authorizes dealers, subject to specified conditions, to advertise or hold out to public that they will absorb all or part of tax or refund any part thereof to purchaser; revises criminal penalty; provides that certain persons who unlawfully fail to remit absorbed sales taxes are guilty of theft of state funds.

Sales Tax Absorption

House Ways and Means Committee	Rep. Susan Valdes [D]	Rep. Randy Fine [R]	Rep. Juan Fernandez-Barquin [R]
Rep. Jason Fischer [R]	Rep. Dianne Hart [D]	Rep. David Santiago [R]

2019-04-25 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#265 (Y: 112 N: 0 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-03	Senate	Died in Commerce and Tourism
2019-05-03	Senate	Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2019-04-26	Senate	Received
2019-04-26	Senate	Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Finance and Tax; Rules
2019-04-26	Senate	In Messages
2019-04-25	House	CS passed; YEAS 112 NAYS 0
2019-04-25	House	Read 3rd time
2019-04-25	House	Read 2nd time
2019-04-22	House	Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/25/19
2019-04-18	House	Referred to- Calendar
2019-04-18	House	Original reference(s) removed: Business and Professions Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee
2019-04-17	House	CS by Ways and Means Committee read 1st time
2019-04-17	House	Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
2019-04-17	House	CS by Ways and Means Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 0
2019-04-15	House	On Committee agenda-- Ways and Means Committee, 04/17/19, 8:00 am, Morris Hall
2019-03-05	House	Introduced
2019-02-28	House	Referred to Ways and Means Committee; Business and Professions Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee
2019-02-20	House	Filed

S1066 (Same As) 2019-05-03 - Died in Finance and Tax

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
212	07		Amended Code	See Bill Text
212	15		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/979
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/979/BillText/Filed/PDF
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/979/BillText/c1/PDF
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/979/Amendment/434391/PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/979/Vote/HouseVote_h00979c1265.PDF