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House advances sales-tax clarification for food pantries; floor amendment to add computers fails
2430563 · February 26, 2025
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Summary
House Bill 248 clarifies that perishable and nonperishable food distributed by designated food pantries is exempt from sales tax. A floor amendment by Representative Scott to add computers and laptops to a related sales-tax exemption failed on roll call; the bill passed on final passage.
House Bill 248, offered on the Ways and Means calendar, revises the state sales-tax exemptions to ensure food distributed through designated food pantries — including both perishable and nonperishable items — is explicitly exempt.
Representative Scott offered Amendment 1 to add computers and…
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