BILL · 1999–00 SESSION · LATEST VERSION ESSB 5608

SB 5608: Machinery/equipmnt tx exmptn

Revising the machinery and equipment tax exemption for manufacturers and processors for hire.

Summary

An explicit definition of "manufacturing" is provided to include (1) the cutting, delimbing, and measuring of harvested trees and (2) rock crushing and blending.

From the Substitute Senate Bill Report (SSB 5608), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House

IntroducedJan 29, 1999
Out of committee
Passed SenateMar 12, 1999
Passed Housestopped here
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Prime sponsor: Sid Snyder (D-19)
Introduced: January 29, 1999 in the Senate
Last action: January 12, 2000
Requested by: State agency
Budget: Has a fiscal note
Versions: SB 5608, ESSB 5608

Votes

Senate · Final Passage

March 12, 1999

Version voted on: ESSB 5608

49 Yea 0 Nay 0 Absent 0 Excused

Party	Yea	Nay	Absent	Excused
Democrat	27	0	0	0
Republican	22	0	0	0

How each member voted

Yea (49)

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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 5608 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 5608 (2025–26) Free speech policy/higher ed · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5608 (2023–24) Medical use of cannabis · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5608 (2021–22) Park and land public access · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5608 (2019–20) B&O manufacturing tax rate · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5608 (2017–18) Minors/homeless info. system · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5608 (2015–16) Job applicants/arrests, etc. · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5608 (2013–14) Corporate officers · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5608 (2011–12) Student veterans/higher ed · Did not pass · died in committee

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