HB05443Introduced in the House
An Act Concerning The Sales And Use Taxes Rate For And Applicability To Certain Motor Vehicles, Peer-to-peer Car Sharing And Certain Personal Property Used In Burials And Cremations, Dedicating Funding For The Tourism Fund And Increasing The Exemption Amount For Sales Tax-free Week.
Introduced by Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee
What does this bill do?
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Official description
To (1) increase the sales price threshold for a motor vehicle subject to the seven and three-fourths per cent sales and use taxes rate, (2) specify the sales and use taxes rate applicable to peer-to-peer car sharing, (3) increase the sales and use taxes exemption amount for certain property used in burials and cremations, (4) exempt the sale, furnishing or service of electricity to a biotechnology business from sales and use taxes, (5) dedicate fifty per cent of the additional one per cent sales and use taxes on meals to the Tourism Fund, and (6) increase the exemption amount for, and include backpacks in, Sales Tax-Free Week.
Where it stands
File Number 684
April 20, 2026
How did lawmakers vote?
Chamber not recordedStage: FIN Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute) · March 31, 2026
53
Yes
0
No
1
Absent or Not Voting
54 senators recorded in this Chamber not recorded vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.
What do people think?
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See how each senator voted
| Senator | District | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Julio Concepcion | 4 | Yes |
| Geoffrey Luxenberg | 12 | Yes |
| Jason Doucette | 13 | Yes |
| Kate Farrar | 20 | Yes |
| Devin Carney | 23 | Yes |
| Iris Sanchez | 25 | Yes |
| Kerry Szeps Wood | 29 | Yes |
| Donna Veach | 30 | Yes |
| Jill Barry | 31 | Yes |
| Irene Haines | 34 | Yes |
Bill history
Referred to Joint Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding
Public Hearing 03/11
Joint Favorable Substitute
Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/20/26 12:00 PM
Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
House Calendar Number 470
File Number 684
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