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SB9Introduced in the Senate

RS & UT; food for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products, delayed effective date.

Introduced

Introduced by David Suetterlein, District 4

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Sales and use tax; food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products. Eliminates the remaining one percent local sales and use tax that is imposed on food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products. Under current law, no other sales and use tax is applied to such products. The bill requires an equivalent amount of revenue to be distributed to cities and counties on a monthly basis in compensation for the lost tax revenue. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027.

Where it stands

Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N)

January 20, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

SenateStage: Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N) · January 20, 2026

9

Yes

5

No

1

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15 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

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Bill history

  1. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100497D

  2. Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations

  3. Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (1/17/2026 10:37 am)

  4. Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N)

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