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HB649

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AN ACT relating to a sales and use tax holiday.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 139 to establish a three-day sales and use tax holiday during the first weekend in August each year to exempt clothing, which includes diapers, school supplies, school art supplies, computers, school computer supplies, and menstrual discharge collection devices; EMERGENCY; EFFECTIVE May 1, 2025.

Introduced: February 18, 2025

Last action: March 13, 2025

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This bill would create a yearly three-day tax holiday on the first weekend of August, during which shoppers would not pay Kentucky sales tax on certain items. The tax-free items would include clothing, diapers, school supplies, school art supplies, computers, and menstrual products. Because the holiday falls before the school year begins, it is timed to help families save money on back-to-school purchases. Who it may affect: parents and caregivers shopping for school-aged children, and any Kentuckian purchasing the listed items during the holiday weekend.

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Legislative History

Feb 18, 2025 · House
Introduced In House
Feb 18, 2025 · House
To Committee On Committees (H)
Feb 21, 2025 · House
To Appropriations & Revenue (H)
Mar 5, 2025 · House
Taken From Appropriations & Revenue (H) (clerical)
Mar 5, 2025 · House
1st Reading (clerical)
Mar 5, 2025 · House
Returned To Appropriations & Revenue (H) (clerical)
Mar 6, 2025 · House
Taken From Appropriations & Revenue (H) (clerical)
Mar 6, 2025 · House
2nd Reading (clerical)

Primary Sponsor

Portrait of Savannah Maddox
Savannah Maddox

Representative · House District 061

Primary sponsor
Savannah.Maddox@kylegislature.gov
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Co-sponsors (2)

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Steven Doan

Representative · House District 069

Co-sponsor
steven.doan@kylegislature.gov
Portrait of T.J. Roberts
T.J. Roberts

Representative · House District 066

Co-sponsor
tj.roberts@kylegislature.gov

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