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Senate committee advances bill to continue 4% medical-marijuana special-privilege tax and remove sunset
Summary
The Senate Revenue & Tax Committee voted to advance a bill introduced by Sen. Jonathan Dismang to continue the 4% medical-marijuana special-privilege tax enacted in 2020, remove its sunset provision and retain designated uses for school meal programs and other items cited by the sponsor.
Senator Jonathan Dismang, Republican of Senate District 18, told the Senate Revenue & Tax Committee that he is sponsoring a bill to continue the 4% special-privilege tax on medical marijuana and to remove the tax’s sunset provision.
“This is a continuation of the medical marijuana, special privilege tax. That's a 4% tax, 2020,” Dismang said.
Dismang said the bill specifies how the revenue will be used. He listed three designated uses: a line item the transcript records as “reEDP,” school lunch programs for students who qualify for reduced-price lunch, and breakfast programs. Dismang said the measure would “remove the sunset that we've done since the beginning of [the] medical marijuana [program],” indicating the proposal would make the tax permanent rather than allowing it to expire.
A committee member (recorded in the transcript as the committee chair) asked whether there was a state general revenue impact; the chair said, “No GR impact, it appears like.”
A motion to advance the bill was made by Senator Caldwell and seconded by Senator Hester. The committee chair called for the question: “All in favor, say aye.” The transcript records an affirmative response and states, “Any opposed? Seeing none, that motion will carry.” The committee did not record a roll-call vote in the provided transcript.
The committee adjourned after the action.
Quotes in this article are taken from the committee transcript. The transcript records the sponsor’s description of the bill and the chair’s procedural statements; one phrase in the sponsor’s remarks appears in the transcript as “reEDP,” which the sponsor did not further define on the record.
Votes at a glance
- Motion: Do pass (advance) the bill to continue the 4% medical-marijuana special-privilege tax, remove the sunset provision, and retain designated uses as described by the sponsor. - Mover: Senator Caldwell. - Second: Senator Hester. - Outcome: Motion carried on a voice vote; no opposition recorded in the transcript.
