Meeting records 'do pass' motion for House Bill 1997 to exempt veteran nonprofits from local sales tax on prepared food

A motion recorded during the meeting gave House Bill 1997 a "do pass" recommendation. The bill would exclude nonprofit veteran organizations — including Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) posts, American Legion posts and Army Navy Clubs — from an additional local sales tax on provided prepared foods. The bill's repealer was extended through July 1, 2029.

A presenter summarized the measure as a narrow amendment, saying it "is amending, to where it says that it does not include the nonprofit veteran organizations including, but not limited to, Veterans of Foreign Wars, VFWs, American Legions, Tenter Ford, American Legion Post number 3, American Legion Post 3, and Army Navy Clubs," and that the change "is taking them out of the... local sales tax for the... additional sales tax on provided prepared foods." The presenter described the bill as "very, very simple." (Presenter)

The presiding officer then clarified that the repealer date was extended, saying, "the repealer goes through 07/01/2029." The presiding officer called for a motion and recorded the procedural language, "Motion is title sufficient; do pass." After the motion was moved and seconded (mover/second not specified in the transcript), the presiding officer announced, "That carries." The meeting then moved on with the instruction to "rise and report." (Presiding officer)

The transcript does not record a roll-call tally or identify the motion's mover or seconder; it records only the procedural call for a motion, the "do pass" recommendation, and the presiding officer's announcement that the motion carried. No further debate, fiscal estimates, or impacts on local revenue were recorded in the provided transcript. The measure, as described in the meeting, affects only the additional local sales tax applied to provided prepared foods and specifies named categories of nonprofit veteran organizations to be excluded.