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HOUSE BILL 578

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H0578aa   by STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
LEGAL TENDER – Adds to existing law relating to legal tender to establish provisions relating to the designation of certain legal tender and to establish provisions relating to the payment of certain taxes; to establish provisions relating to the prohibition of certain forms of taxation upon certain transactions and to provide for a civil suit and the awarding of certain costs; and to provide that any capital gain on the exchange of gold and silver coin for another form of United States legal tender shall not be included in taxable income.
  02/21 Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing  
  02/22 Reported Printed and Referred to State Affairs  
  03/12 Reported out of Committee, Recommend place on General Orders  
  03/19 Referred to the Committee of the Whole  
  Reported out without recommendation as amended  
  Amendments Referred to the JRA for Printing  
  Bill as Amended Referred to JRA for Engrossing  
  Reported Engrossed; Filed for First Reading of Engrossed Bills  
  Read first time as amended; filed for Second Reading  
  03/20 Read second time as amended; Filed for Third Reading  
  Rules Suspended: Ayes 68 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 2, read three times – FAILED - 35-35-0
AYES – Andrus, Barbieri, Barrett, Bateman, Batt, Bayer, Bilbao, Boyle, Collins, Crane, DeMordaunt, Eskridge, Hagedorn, Hart, Hartgen, Harwood, Henderson, Loertscher, Luker, McGeachin, McMillan, Moyle, Nielsen, Nonini, Palmer, Raybould, Roberts, Schaefer, Shepherd, Simpson, Sims, Thayn, Thompson, Wood(35), Mr. Speaker
NAYS – Anderson, Bedke, Bell, Black, Block(Block), Bolz, Buckner-Webb, Burgoyne, Chadderdon, Chew, Cronin, Ellsworth, Gibbs, Guthrie, Higgins, Jaquet, Killen, King, Lacey, Lake, Marriott, Nesset, Patrick, Pence, Perry, Ringo, Rusche, Shirley, Smith(30), Smith(24), Stevenson, Trail, Vander Woude, Wills, Wood(27)
Absent and excused – None
Floor Sponsor - Hart
Filed in Office of the Chief Clerk