Subcommittee advances bill codifying sales tax exemption for food manufacturing equipment (H.3869)

Summary

The House subcommittee voted 3-0 to give a favorable report to H.3869, a bill codifying an existing sales tax exemption for food manufacturing equipment that the governor previously vetoed as budget proviso and asked to codify in regular law. The item was advanced without public testimony in subcommittee.

The House subcommittee gave a favorable report, 3-0, to House Bill 3869, which would codify a sales tax exemption for food manufacturing equipment previously included as a budget proviso.

The chair explained the measure was taken up last year and had been included in a budget proviso that the governor vetoed. The governor’s veto message requested the exemption be enacted through codified law rather than budget language; H.3869 codifies that exemption as regular statute to comply with the governor’s direction.

No public speakers were registered for this bill in subcommittee. A motion for passage was made and seconded (movers not specified in the subcommittee transcript); staff conducted a roll call: Representative Newton — Aye; Representative Hosey — Aye; Representative Stavrunakis — excused; Representative Taylor — Aye; Representative Crawford — excused. The subcommittee recorded a 3-0 favorable report and sent the bill to the full committee.

The committee record in the transcript does not show amendments or fiscal figures in the subcommittee hearing; the bill was advanced to full committee for consideration.