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HB8 Alabama 2015 2nd Special Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021
HB8 Alabama 2015 2nd Special Session
House Bill
Enacted
Current Status
Second Special Session 2015
Session
1
Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor
Elaine Beech
Democrat
Session
Second Special Session 2015
Title
Prescription drugs, privilege tax, supplemental tax, distrib., approval of increase by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Description

Under existing law, there is a privilege tax upon providers of pharmaceutical services. This bill will create a supplemental privilege tax of 15 cents for each prescription filled or refilled for a citizen of Alabama to be collected during fiscal years 2016 and 2017.

Subjects
Taxation

Bill Actions

H

Delivered to Governor at 11:13 a.m. on September 16, 2015.

H

Assigned Act No. 2015-537.

H

Clerk of the House Certification

S

Signature Requested

H

Enrolled

H

Passed Second House

S

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 53

S

Third Reading Passed

S

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar

S

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund

H

Engrossed

H

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 3

H

Beech motion to Table adopted Roll Call 2

H

Rogers Amendment Offered

H

Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1

H

Beech Amendment Offered

H

Third Reading Passed

H

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar

H

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means General Fund

Bill Text

Votes

Beech motion to Table

September 9, 2015 House Passed
Yes 57
No 26
Abstained 1
Absent 20

Motion to Adopt

September 9, 2015 House Passed
Yes 63
No 22
Abstained 1
Absent 18

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass

September 9, 2015 House Passed
Yes 53
No 38
Absent 13

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass

September 14, 2015 Senate Passed
Yes 19
No 13
Absent 3

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature