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Event Detail – Joint Committee on Revenue

Status:Completed

Event Date:5/12/2011

Start Time:10:30 AM

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Item Bill Number Bill Title Sponsor
1 S1411 By Mr. Baddour, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1411) of Steven A. Baddour for legislation to amend the sales and use tax exemption for clothing. Revenue. Steven Baddour
2 S1463 By Mr. Joyce, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1463) of Brian A. Joyce for legislation to impose an excise on the use of plastic carryout bags in certain stores. Revenue. Brian Joyce
3 S1476 By Mr. Knapik, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1476) of Michael R. Knapik, Bruce E. Tarr and Thomas P. Kennedy for legislation to establish a sales tax retention allowance. Revenue. Michael Knapik
4 S1478 By Mr. Knapik, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1478) of Michael R. Knapik and Bruce E. Tarr for legislation relative to exempting children's books from state sales tax. Revenue. Michael Knapik
5 S1489 By Mr. Moore, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1489) of Richard T. Moore, Michael R. Knapik and Bruce E. Tarr for legislation to promote construction growth. Revenue. Richard Moore
6 S1490 By Mr. Moore, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1490) of Richard T. Moore for legislation to promote the use of electric vehicles. Revenue. Richard Moore
7 S1514 By Mr. Ross, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1514) of Richard J. Ross, Marc T. Lombardo, Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr., Christine E. Canavan and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to sales tax on personnel protective equipment. Revenue. Richard Ross
8 S1524 By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1524) of Bruce E. Tarr, Michael R. Knapik, Richard J. Ross and Susan C. Fargo for legislation to provide for a tax exemption on the sale of recycled materials. Revenue. Bruce Tarr
9 S1528 By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1528) of Bruce E. Tarr, Michael R. Knapik, Robert L. Hedlund, Michael O. Moore and other members of the General Court for legislation to establish a meals tax holiday. Revenue. Bruce Tarr
10 S1529 By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1529) of Bruce E. Tarr, Michael R. Knapik, Robert L. Hedlund, Richard J. Ross and others for legislation to reduce the sales tax to 5%. Revenue. Bruce Tarr
11 S1533 By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1533) of Bruce E. Tarr, Michael R. Knapik, Robert L. Hedlund, Richard J. Ross and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to sales of motor vehicles. Revenue. Bruce Tarr
12 S1535 By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1535) of Bruce E. Tarr, Michael R. Knapik, Richard J. Ross and James E. Timilty for legislation to establish a permanent annual sales tax holiday. Revenue. Bruce Tarr
13 S1538 By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1538) of Bruce E. Tarr, Michael R. Knapik, Robert L. Hedlund, Richard J. Ross and other members of the Senate for legislation to exempt certain medical supplies from the state sales tax. Revenue. Bruce Tarr
14 S1552 By Mr. Timilty, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1552) of James E. Timilty for legislation relative to the sales tax. Revenue. James Timilty
15 H750 By Mr. Binienda of Worcester, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 750) of John J. Binienda for legislation to exempt medical supplies used in monitoring diabetes from the sales tax. Revenue. John Binienda
16 H754 By Mr. Cantwell of Marshfield, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 754) of James M. Cantwell relative to repealing the sales tax on the sale of boats built or rebuilt in the Commonwealth. Revenue. James Cantwell
17 H756 By Mr. Dwyer of Woburn, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 756) of James J. Dwyer and others for legislation to direct the Commissioner of Revenue to annually designate a sales tax holiday. Revenue. James Dwyer
18 H776 By Mr. Madden of Nantucket, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 776) of Timothy R. Madden and others relative to the sales tax of motor vehicles. Revenue. Timothy Madden
19 H784 By Mr. Nangle of Lowell, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 784) of David M. Nangle for legislation making tombstones sales tax exempt. Revenue. David Nangle
20 H791 By Ms. Poirier of North Attleborough, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 791) of Elizabeth A. Poirier and others relative to the refunding of sales taxes on certain purchases. Revenue. Elizabeth Poirier
21 H817 By Mr. Walsh of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 817) of Martin J. Walsh and Paul McMurtry relative to exempting hand packed ice cream from the state sales tax. Revenue. Martin Walsh
22 H1687 By Mr. Galvin of Canton (by request), a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1687) of Steve Drobnis for legislation to further regulate the returns to consumers of certain sales tax payments. Revenue. William Galvin
23 H1692 By Mr. Hecht of Watertown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1692) of Jonathan Hecht and others for legislation to further regulate the sales tax imposed on the purchase of certain motor vehicles and bicycles. Revenue. Jonathan Hecht
24 H1697 By Ms. Khan of Newton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1697) of Kay Khan relative to reducing childhood obesity rates by removing the state subsidy for sugared sweetened beverages and candy. Revenue. Kay Khan
25 H1706 By Mr. Moran of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1706) of Michael J. Moran relative to establishing a sales tax exemption on Earth Day for purchases of energy star products and hybrid motor vehicles. Revenue. Michael Moran
26 H1709 By Mr. Murphy of Lowell, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1709) of Kevin J. Murphy and Thomas A. Golden, Jr. relative to the sales tax on certain over the counter medicines. Revenue. Kevin Murphy
27 H1714 By Mr. Pedone of Worcester, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1714) of Vincent A. Pedone and David Paul Linsky relative to sales tax exemptions of tangible personal property paid by Medicare of Medicaid. Revenue. Vincent Pedone
28 H1725 By Mr. Torrisi of North Andover, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1725) of David M. Torrisi and Joyce A. Spiliotis for legislation to exempt purchases of over-the-counter medicines and nutritional supplements on prescriptions from imposition of the sales tax. Revenue. David Torrisi
29 H1728 By Mr. Torrisi of North Andover, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1728) of David M. Torrisi that vitamins and vitamin supplements be exempt from the law relative to the tax imposed on retail sales in the Commonwealth. Revenue. David Torrisi
30 H1730 By Mr. Torrisi of North Andover, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1730) of David M. Torrisi for legislation to provide for a reduction in the sales tax. Revenue. David Torrisi
31 H2493 By Ms. Atkins of Concord, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2493) of Cory Atkins and others relative to the repeal of sales tax exemption for aircraft. Revenue. Cory Atkins
32 H2494 By Ms. Atkins of Concord, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2494) of Ellen Story and George T. Ross relative to the sales tax on certain food products. Revenue. Cory Atkins
33 H2515 By Ms. Haddad of Somerset, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2515) of Patricia A. Haddad and Shaunna O'Connell relative to exempting crafts and vessels which use human propulsion only for the sales tax. Revenue. Patricia Haddad
34 H2535 By Mr. Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2535) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and others for legislation to establish a sales tax holiday for the year 2011. Revenue. Bradley Jones
35 H2543 By Mr. Kocot of Northampton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2543) of Peter V. Kocot relative to the taxation of farm machinery. Revenue. Peter Kocot
36 H2570 By Mr. Winslow of Norfolk, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2570) of Daniel B. Winslow and others for legislation to provide an income tax credit for certain sales tax payments. Revenue. Daniel Winslow
37 H2996 By Mr. Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2996) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr. and others relative to the reduction of certain sales and use taxes. Revenue. Bradley Jones
38 H2997 By Mr. Kafka of Stoughton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2997) of Louis L. Kafka relative to updating non-taxable medical supplies. Revenue. Louis Kafka
39 H2998 By Mr. Lombardo of Billerica, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2998) of Marc T. Lombardo and others for legislation to annually suspend the imposition of the meals tax, so called, for the dates of March 20 to 26. Revenue. Marc Lombardo
40 H3002 By Mr. McMurtry of Dedham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3002) of Paul McMurtry for legislation exempt sales of living trees used in commercial and residential landscapes from the sales tax. Revenue. Paul McMurtry
41 H3004 By Mr. Murphy of Weymouth, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3004) of James M. Murphy that retail purchases on certain days in the year 2012 be exempt from the sales tax. Revenue. James Murphy
42 H3005 By Mr. Murphy of Weymouth, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3005) of James M. Murphy for legislation to provide certain days for sales tax exemptions for non-business purchases by consumers. Revenue. James Murphy
43 H3013 By Mr. Scaccia of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3013) of Angelo M. Scaccia relative to the sales tax exemption for newspapers and magazines. Revenue. Angelo Scaccia
44 H3025 By Mr. Webster of Pembroke, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3025) of Daniel K. Webster relative to the taxation of bundled cellular telephone transactions. Revenue. Daniel Webster
45 H3203 By Mr. Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3203) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and others for legislation to establish a sales tax holiday for certain "Energy Star" products, so-called. Revenue. Bradley Jones
46 H3242 By Mr. Webster of Pembroke (by request), a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3242) of Frederick Gervais relative to the sales tax on motor vehicles. Revenue. Daniel Webster