BILL · 2005–06 SESSION

SB 5779: Tax on meat processing

Modifying the business and occupation taxation of slaughtering, breaking, and/or processing perishable meat products.

Summary

The legislature declares that the sole purpose of the 1967 act was to create a preferential B&O tax rate for the slaughtering, breaking, or processing of perishable meat products and/or selling the finished perishable meat products at wholesale.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5779), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to the business and occupation taxation of slaughtering, breaking and/or processing perishable meat products;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

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

SB 5779 (2025–26) African diaspora heritage · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5779 (2023–24) Sunshine committee · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5779 (2021–22) Bail fund oversight · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5779 (2019–20) Ballot drop box placement · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5779 (2017–18) Behavioral health/prmry care · Enacted with partial veto · Chapter 226, Laws of 2017
SB 5779 (2015–16) RSNs and BHOs/penalties · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5779 (2013–14) Cosmetology, barbering, etc. · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5779 (2011–12) Food service products · Did not pass · died in committee