John Bell
- Democratic
Primary
Sales tax exemption; gun safes. Establishes an exemption from retail sales tax for a gun safe with a selling price of $1,500 or less. The bill defines "gun safe" as a safe or vault that is (i) commercially available, (ii) secured with a digital or dial combination locking mechanism or biometric locking mechanism, and (iii) designed for the storage of a firearm or of ammunition for use in a firearm. Under the bill, "gun safe" does not include a glass-faced cabinet. This bill is identical to HB 888.
Sales tax exemption; gun safes. Establishes an exemption from retail sales tax for a gun safe with a selling price of $1,000 or less. The bill defines a gun safe as a safe or vault that is (i) commercially available, (ii) secured with a digital or dial combination locking mechanism or biometric locking mechanism, and (iii) designed for the storage of a firearm or of ammunition for use in a firearm. Under the bill, a gun safe does not include a glass-faced cabinet. The bill sunsets on July 1, 2025.
Sales tax exemption; gun safes. Establishesan exemption from retail sales tax for a gun safe with a selling price of $1,000 or less. The bill defines a gun safe as a safe orvault that is (i) commercially available, (ii) secured with a digitalor dial combination locking mechanism or biometric locking mechanism,and (iii) designed for the storage of a firearm or of ammunitionfor use in a firearm. Under the bill, a gun safe does not includea glass-faced cabinet.
Approved by Governor-Chapter 191 (effective 7/1/20)
Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 28, 2020
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 6, 2020
Signed by President
Enrolled
Signed by Speaker
Impact statement from TAX (SB268ER)
House substitute agreed to by Senate (31-Y 6-N)
Title replaced 20108161D-H1
VOTE: Passage (99-Y 1-N)
Passed House with substitute (99-Y 1-N)
Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB268H1
Committee substitute agreed to 20108161D-H1
Read third time
Read second time
Reported from Finance with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
Placed on Calendar
Read first time
Referred to Committee on Finance
Committee substitute printed 20108161D-H1
Impact statement from TAX (SB268E)
Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB268E
Committee amendment agreed to
Reading of amendment waived
Printed as engrossed 20102386D-E
Read second time
Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
Impact statement from TAX (SB268)
Moved from Finance to Finance and Appropriations due to a change of the committee name
Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102386D
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| Impact statement from TAX (SB268) | HTML |
| Engrossed by Senate as amended SB268E | HTML |
| Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB268H1 | HTML |
| Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB268ER) | HTML |
| Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0191) | HTML |
| Document | Format |
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| Amendment: SB268AS | HTML |
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