From Missouri Digital News: https://mdn.org
MDN Menu

MDN Home

Journalist's Creed

Print

MDN Help

MDN.ORG Mo. Digital News Missouri Digital News MDN.ORG: Mo. Digital News MDN.ORG: Missouri Digital News
Help  


2014 Bill(s)

* HCS SB 727
Sponsor: Chappelle-Nadal, Maria
Status: VETO OVERRIDDEN
Description: Exempt from the sales tax farm products sold at farmers' markets. The final version would establish a pilot program to allow purchase of fresh agriculture products with Food Stamps and remove a ban Food Stamps for a drug felon for participation or completion in a drug-abuse treatment program. In his veto letter, the governor wrote this was one of several bills providing special interest tax breaks that would cost state and local government $776 million per year.
See: 
  • House roll call - HCS SB 727 (05/14/2014): 3rd reading of a farmers market sales tax exemption that is one of 8 bills the governor charged lawmakers passed on the last day of the session providing $425 million in special interest tax breaks.
  • Senate roll call - HCS SB 727 (05/16/2014): 3rd reading of a farmers market sales tax exemption that is one of 8 bills the governor charged lawmakers passed on the last day of the session providing $425 million in special interest tax breaks.
  • House roll call - HCS SB 727 (09/10/2014): Adoption of a motion to override the governor's veto of a bill to provide a tax exemption for products sold at farmers' markets.
  • Senate roll call - HCS SB 727 (09/10/2014): Adoption of a motion to override the governor's veto of a bill to provide a tax exemption for products sold at farmers' markets.
  • Get the veto letter
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

  • Note: The descriptions of bills, amendments and roll-call votes are written by MDN journalists. MDN's database may not include committee assignments of bills made on the last day of the session since it is too late for the committee to act on the bill and, thus, the delayed assignment has no practical effect.