HOUSE BILL 5

Sponsored By:

Delegates Hixson, Taylor, Barve, Dewberry, Hurson, Rawlings, Curran, Busch, Guns, Vallario, Harrison, Menes, Kopp, Arnick, Owings, W. Baker, Bozman, E. Burns, Cadden, Conroy, Conway, C. Davis, Dembrow, Doory, Finifter, Franchot, Frank, Frush, Fulton, Goldwater, Hecht, Heller, Howard, Jones, Kagan, Klausmeier, Krysiak, Linton, Love, Mandel, Marriott, McIntosh, V. Mitchell, Morhaim, Nathan-Pulliam,Patterson, Petzold, Pitkin, Preis, Proctor, Rosenberg, Rudolph, Shriver, Slade, Turner, Weir, Wood, Workman, Donoghue, Valderrama, DeCarlo, McHale, Miller, Healey, Bonsack, McKee, and Cryor

Entitled:

Property Tax Exemptions - Biotechnology and Computer Software - Manufacturing and Research and Development

Synopsis:

Altering for property tax purposes the definition of "manufacturing" to include research and development activities; including specified biological processes used for research or manufacture within the definition of manufacturing; including the design, development, or creation of specified computer software within the definition of manufacturing; defining "research and development"; repealing the partial property tax exemption for property used for research and development activities; etc.

History by Legislative Date

House Action

1/14

First Reading Ways and Means

1/21

Hearing 2/4 at 11:30 a.m.

1/27

Hearing cancelled

Hearing 2/4 at 12:00 p.m.

2/23

Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means

2/24

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

2/27

Third Reading Passed (138-0)

4/2

House Concur - Senate Amendments

Third Reading Passed (136-3)

Passed Enrolled

5/21

Signed by the Governor Chapter 659

Senate Action

3/2

First Reading Budget and Taxation

3/16

Hearing 3/19 at 1:30 p.m.

3/25

Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

3/27

Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0)

Sponsored by:

Delegate Sheila Ellis Hixson, District 20

Delegate John S. Arnick, District 7

Delegate Wheeler R. Baker, District 36

Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17

Delegate Rose Mary Hatem Bonsack, District 34

Delegate K. Bennett Bozman, District 38

Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10

Delegate Michael Erin Busch, District 30

Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31

Delegate Mary A. Conroy, District 23

Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38

Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15

Delegate Gerald J. Curran, District 43

Delegate Clarence Davis, District 45

Delegate Diane DeCarlo, District 6

Delegate Dana Lee Dembrow, District 20

Delegate Thomas E. Dewberry, District 47B

Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C

Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43

Delegate Michael J. Finifter, District 11

Delegate Peter Franchot, District 20

Delegate Robert L. Frank, District 11

Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21

Delegate Tony Edward Fulton, District 40

Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16

Delegate Ronald A. Guns, District 36

Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45

Delegate Anne Healey, District 22A

Delegate Sue C. Hecht, District 3

Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19

Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24

Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18

Delegate Adrienne A. Jones, District 10

Delegate Cheryl C. Kagan, District 17

Delegate Katherine Klausmeier, District 8

Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16

Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46

Delegate Samuel C. Linton, District 28

Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32

Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19

Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40

Delegate Brian K. McHale, District 47A

Delegate Maggie L. McIntosh, District 42

Delegate Robert A. McKee, District 2A

Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21

Delegate Ellen L. Willis Miller, District 5

Delegate Van T. Mitchell, District 28

Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11

Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10

Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B

Delegate Obie Patterson, District 26

Delegate Carol Stoker Petzold, District 19

Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23

Delegate Mary Louise Preis, District 34

Delegate James E. Proctor, Jr., District 27A

Delegate Howard P. Rawlings, District 40

Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 42

Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 35B

Delegate Mark K. Shriver, District 15

Delegate John F. Slade, III, District 29B

Delegate Casper R. Taylor, Jr., District 1C

Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A

Delegate David M. Valderrama, District 26

Delegate Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., District 27A

Delegate Michael H. Weir, District 6

Delegate John F. Wood, Jr., District 29A

Delegate Betty Workman, District 1B

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

COMPUTERS

EXEMPTIONS

GENETICS

INDUSTRY AND TECHNOLOGY

PROPERTY TAX -see also- ASSESSMENTS

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Tax - Property

( 1-101 , 1-101 , 1-101 , 7-237 , 9-205 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)

Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments:

House

Number: 595845/4 (PDF)     Offered on: February 24, 1998   at: 10:37 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Senate

Number: 159610/1 (PDF)     Offered on: March 25, 1998   at: 12:24 p.m.     Status: Adopted

Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):

House

February 27, 1998: Third Reading Passed (138-0)

April 2, 1998: Third Reading Passed (136-3)

Senate

March 27, 1998: Third Reading Passed (47-0)