Introduced
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To exempt from the sales tax any amount paid for a gallon of gasoline that exceeds $1.20.
Referred to the Committee on Tax Policy
Reported without amendment
A version of the bill that raises the sales tax threshold to a pump price op $2.30 per gallon.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with the one reported by the committee.
The substitute failed by voice vote
Substitute offered
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To replace the previous version of the bill with one that gives the governor the authority through 2007 to issue an executive order exempting gasoline from the sales tax.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To make the authority granted to the governor permanent, rather than sunsetting it at the end of 2007, and to also allow diesel fuel to be exempted from sales tax.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To tie-bar the bill to House Bills 5119 and 5120, meaning this bill cannot become law unless those ones do also. Those bills mandate minimum ethanol and biodiesel content standards for all fuel sold in this state.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Motion to reconsider
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The vote by which the Espinoza was defeated. This motion is an effort to require the majority to allow a record roll call vote on the proposal to mandate minimum ethanol and biodiesel content standards for all fuel sold in this state.
The motion failed 49 to 57 (details)
Passed in the House 106 to 0 (details)
To give the governor the authority to issue an executive order that exempts gasoline and diesel fuel from Michigan's 6 percent sales tax.
Referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Reform
