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Senator urges renewal of diaper-bank tax credit and sales-tax relief; seeks longer vote cycle for Kansas City earnings tax
Summary
During Senate floor debate March 31, a senator described legislation to renew a diaper-bank tax credit, reduce state sales tax on diapers and feminine-hygiene products, and to change the Kansas City earnings-tax vote from five to 10 years; sponsors said the proposals target diaper insecurity and local revenue predictability.
A Missouri senator used floor time March 31 to press for extension of a diaper-bank tax credit and to seek a reduction in state sales tax on diapers and feminine-hygiene products.
Diaper-bank credit and sales-tax change: The senator from the seventh described the expired diaper-bank tax credit and said the credit is a funding stream that encourages private donations. She told colleagues the bill would modify the statutory definition so that diaper banks currently excluded by the state language would qualify and would restore a refundable or transferable credit that several diaper banks rely on. The senator also said the bill would align state sales tax on diapers and menstrual-hygiene products with an existing lower…
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