BILL · 2021–22 SESSION

HB 1285: Fruit & vegetable businesses

Modifying the business and occupation tax exemption for certain fruit and vegetable businesses.

Summary

Provides that a taxpayer is ineligible for the fruit and vegetable businesses business and occupation tax exemption if, in the prior two years, the taxpayer was found to have violated any employment, labor, or civil rights laws of any jurisdiction.
Requires taxpayers claiming the fruit and vegetable businesses business and occupation tax exemption to annually disclose any adjudicated action against the taxpayer related to any employment, labor, or civil rights laws.
Specifies that information provided on an annual tax performance report must be made available for the public to inspect upon request, with some exceptions.

From the House Bill Analysis 2021 (HB 1285), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to modifying the business and occupation tax exemption for certain fruit and vegetable businesses;

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.

HB 1285 (2025–26) Financial education · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 1285 (2023–24) Family farm permit transfers · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HB 1285 (2019–20) Treasurer/public works board · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 1285 (2017–18) Legal interpreters/oaths · Enacted · Chapter 83, Laws of 2017
HB 1285 (2015–16) Newborn heart disease · Enacted · Chapter 37, Laws of 2015
HB 1285 (2013–14) Dependency matters/children · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 1285 (2011–12) Synthetic cannabinoids · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1285 (2009–10) Community revitalization · Did not pass · died in committee