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Votes at a glance: special session cleanups on Wayfair, beer licensing, roads, damages and water sizing
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Summary
A collection of votes from the special session: SB 2001 (Wayfair online sales tax) passed 66–2; SB 2003 (off‑premise beer conditional license) passed 69–0; SB 2004 (class B/C road funds) passed 69–0; SB 2005 (damages inflation adjustments) passed 66–3; HB 2,005 (drinking water sizing fix) and other housekeeping bills were also passed or placed on calendars.
Several technical and policy cleanup bills were considered and approved during the special session. The House recorded final votes and transmissions to the Senate for a number of Senate bills and passed its own technical corrections. Key outcomes:
- SB 2001 (online sales tax amendments implementing South Dakota v. Wayfair): Passed the House 66–2. Sponsors said the bill adopts an economic‑nexus test for remote sellers and implements a three‑year life manufacturing sales‑tax exemption effective Jan. 1, 2019, to keep the approach revenue neutral.
- SB 2003 (off‑premise beer retailer licensing amendments): Passed the House 69–0. The bill clarifies that off‑premise beer retailers can obtain a conditional license so they can proceed to obtain business licenses while awaiting DABC final action.
- SB 2004 (class B and class C road fund amendments): Passed the House 69–0. Sponsors said the bill fixes a reallocation issue that primarily affects Kane County and clarifies allowable uses including up to 30% of funds for maintaining class D roads under certain conditions.
- SB 2005 (calculating new damages limits for personal injury cases): Passed the House 66–3 after manual roll call procedures; the bill clarifies a formula to keep damage limits aligned with inflation and medical-cost changes.
- HB 2,005 (drinking water source sizing requirements): Presented as a technical reenactment to correct enrollment errors so the bill that was signed by the Governor matches legislative intent; sponsor explained the bill gives local water systems flexibility to size piping and source requirements to local needs.
These measures were presented as cleanup and clarification items tied to either the governor's special‑session call or technical fixes from the last general session. All the listed bills passed the House and were transmitted to the Senate when indicated on the record.
