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Committee backs sales-tax exemption for new adaptive driving equipment

2363260 · February 20, 2025
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The Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee unanimously recommended first substitute House Bill 79, which exempts sales tax on newly purchased adaptive driving equipment installed in vehicles or sold through dealerships; fiscal details were not specified.

The Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee voted to give a favorable recommendation to first substitute House Bill 79, which would exempt sales tax on certain adaptive driving equipment when purchased new or sold through dealerships.

Representative Watkins, the bill sponsor, told the committee the measure grew out of a constituent request about a vehicle fitted with adaptive driving equipment worth an additional $5,000–$6,000. Representative Jenkins said, “It started out with a constituent calling about, buying a vehicle with, adaptive equipment in it,” and said the proposal…

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