BILL · 1995–96 SESSION
SB 5946: Public utility tax rates
Lowering public utility tax rates.
Summary
- Revises RCW 82.16.020 to lower the utility tax rates on light and power business and water distribution business to three and six-tenths percent.
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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedFeb 15, 1995
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- James West (R-6)
- Introduced
- February 15, 1995 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 8, 1996
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: James West (R-6)
4 co-sponsors (0 Democrats, 4 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.
SB 5946 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
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