Bill Text: TX HB48 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to a sales and use tax exemption for children's diapers and baby wipes.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-23 - Referred to Ways & Means [HB48 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB48-Introduced.html

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88R2137 KBB-D
By: Neave H.B. No. 48

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a sales and use tax exemption for children's diapers and
baby wipes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 151.313, Tax Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (g) and (h) to read
as follows:
(a) The following items are exempted from the taxes imposed
by this chapter:
(1) a drug or medicine, other than insulin, if
prescribed or dispensed for a human or animal by a licensed
practitioner of the healing arts;
(2) insulin;
(3) a drug or medicine that is required to be labeled
with a "Drug Facts" panel in accordance with regulations of the
federal Food and Drug Administration, without regard to whether it
is prescribed or dispensed by a licensed practitioner of the
healing arts;
(4) a hypodermic syringe or needle;
(5) a brace; hearing aid or audio loop; orthopedic,
dental, or prosthetic device; ileostomy, colostomy, or ileal
bladder appliance; or supplies or replacement parts for the listed
items;
(6) a therapeutic appliance, device, and any related
supplies specifically designed for those products, if dispensed or
prescribed by a licensed practitioner of the healing arts, when
those items are purchased and used by an individual for whom the
items listed in this subdivision were dispensed or prescribed;
(7) a corrective lens and necessary and related
supplies, if dispensed or prescribed by an ophthalmologist or
optometrist;
(8) specialized printing or signalling equipment used
by a person who is [the] deaf for the purpose of enabling the person
[the deaf] to communicate through the use of an ordinary telephone
and all materials, paper, and printing ribbons used in that
equipment;
(9) a braille wristwatch, braille writer, braille
paper and braille electronic equipment that connects to computer
equipment, and the necessary adaptive devices and adaptive computer
software;
(10) each of the following items if purchased for use
by a person who is [the] blind to enable the person [them] to
function more independently: a slate and stylus, print enlarger,
light probe, magnifier, white cane, talking clock, large print
terminal, talking terminal, or harness for a guide dog;
(11) hospital beds;
(12) blood glucose monitoring test strips;
(13) an adjustable eating utensil used to facilitate
independent eating if purchased for use by a person, including a
person who is elderly, has a physical disability [or physically
disabled], has had a stroke, or is a burn victim, who does not have
full use or control of the person's hands or arms;
(14) subject to Subsection (d), a dietary supplement;
[and]
(15) intravenous systems, supplies, and replacement
parts designed or intended to be used in the diagnosis or treatment
of humans;
(16) a children's diaper; and
(17) a baby wipe.
(g) A product is a children's diaper for purposes of this
section if the product is:
(1) an absorbent garment worn by humans who are
incapable of, or have difficulty, controlling their bladder or
bowel movements; and
(2) marketed to be worn by children.
(h) A product is a baby wipe for purposes of this section if
the product is a moistened and disposable tissue or towel intended
for cleansing the skin of a young child.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act does not
affect tax liability accruing before the effective date of this
Act. That liability continues in effect as if this Act had not been
enacted, and the former law is continued in effect for the
collection of taxes due and for civil and criminal enforcement of
the liability for those taxes.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.