SB 659 - Webber, Stephen
Authorizes a state and local sales tax exemption for food
Bill Details
Sponsor
LR Number
2591S.01I
Title
SB 659
House Handler
N/A
Journal Page
Effective Date
August 28, 2025
Committee
Current Status
Second Read and Referred S Economic and Workforce Development Committee
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Amendments
No amendments available
CURRENT BILL SUMMARY
SB 659 - Current law taxes retail sales of food, as defined in current law, at a rate of one percent. This act provides that retail sales of food shall be exempt from state and local sales taxes.
This provision is substantially similar to SB 57 (2025), SB 688 (2025), SB 734 (2025), HB 345 (2025), HB 432 (2025), HB 872 (2025), HB 1587 (2025), HB 1418 (2024), HB 1464 (2024), HB 2174 (2024), SCS/SB 161 (2023), HB 260 (2023), HB 452 (2023), HB 591 (2023), HB 896 (2023), HCS#2/HB 1992 (2022), HB 1817 (2022), and HB 2530 (2022), and to a provision in HB 1029 (2025), HB 2815 (2024), HB 2887 (2024), SCS/HCS/HB 154 (2023), HB 377 (2023), HCS/HBs 876, 771, 676 & 551 (2023), HB 1136 (2023), HB 1779 (2022), and HB 2249 (2022).
JOSH NORBERG