Indiana Senate Bill 37 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: Engrossed on January 25 2023 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-07 - First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means
Pending: House Ways and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Food and beverage taxes. Requires each local unit that imposes a food and beverage tax to annually report information concerning distributions and expenditures of amounts received from the food and beverage tax. Provides that food and beverage taxes currently authorized under IC 6-9 and that do not otherwise contain an expiration date (other than the stadium and convention building authority food and beverage tax and the historic hotels food and beverage tax) shall expire on the later of: (1) January 1, 2045; or (2) the date on which all bonds or lease agreements outstanding on May 7, 2023, are completely paid. Requires each local unit that imposes a food and beverage tax that is subject to the expiration provision to provide to the department of local government finance (department) a list of each bond or lease agreement outstanding on May 7, 2023, and the date on which each will be completely paid. Requires the department to publish the information on the gateway website. Declares the intention of the general assembly to only authorize local units to impose new food and beverage taxes based on specified criteria.

Food and beverage taxes.

Sen. Mike Gaskill [R]	Sen. Travis Holdman [R]	Sen. Linda Rogers [R]	Sen. Mark Messmer [R]
Sen. David Niezgodski [D]	Rep. John Prescott [R]	Rep. Chuck Goodrich [R]

2023-01-24 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 50 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-07	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means
2023-01-25	Senate	Referred to the House
2023-01-24	Senate	Senator Niezgodski added as coauthor
2023-01-24	Senate	Senator Messmer added as coauthor
2023-01-24	Senate	Senator Rogers added as third author
2023-01-24	Senate	Cosponsor: Representative Goodrich
2023-01-24	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Prescott
2023-01-24	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 15: yeas 50, nays 0
2023-01-23	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2023-01-23	Senate	Amendment #1 (Holdman) prevailed; voice vote
2023-01-17	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2023-01-10	Senate	Senator Holdman added as second author
2023-01-09	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy
2023-01-09	Senate	Authored by Senator Gaskill

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/37/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/37/#1.INTR
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/37/#2.COMS
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/37/#3.ENGS
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/37/#S15