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Senator Pote proposes sales-tax cut for fruits and vegetables; committee gives negative recommendation
Summary
Senate Bill 2254 would narrow a proposed food sales-tax reduction to natural fruits and vegetables; the subcommittee noted a $96 million fiscal impact and voted a negative recommendation (4 ayes, 2 no), forwarding the bill to finance.
Senator Pote presented SB 2254 as an alternative to broader food tax-cut proposals, saying if the legislature reduces sales tax on food it should "focus on most healthy foods" such as natural fruits and vegetables rather than snacks.
The chair read a fiscal note of $96,000,000. A motion for a negative recommendation was moved by Senator Hale and seconded by Senator Powers; the roll-call recorded ayes from Hale, Powers, Wally and Hensley and no votes from "Arbro" and Henry Ford, and the bill will proceed to the finance committee with a negative recommendation.
