Rep. Mike Prax of North Pole made a motion on the House floor on Monday to table Sen. Bill Wielechowski’s SB 113, which levies corporate income taxes on businesses based outside the state but doing mail-order business or services in the state. His motion failed.
The controversial tax legislation has many confused because while it is not a sales tax, it will likely raise the cost of doing business in a highly digital age of Amazon, Etsy, eBay, and even online services such as LegalZoom. Taxes absorbed by companies will be passed along to customers.
Those voting to table the bill were: Jamie Allard, Bill Elam, DeLena Johnson, Kevin McCabe, Mike Prax, George Rauscher, Dan Saddler, Rebecca Schwanke, Cathy Tilton, Frank Tomaszewski, and Sarah Vance.
Those voting against tabling the bill were: Robyn Burke, Jeremy Bynum, Ashley Carrick, Mia Costello, Julie Coulombe, Maxine Dibert, Bryce Edgmon, Ted Eischeid, Zack Fields, Neal Foster, Alyse Galvin, Andrew Gray, Carolyn Hall, Sara Hannan, Rebecca Himschoot, Ky Holland, Nellie Jimmie, Andy Josephson, Chuck Kopp, Donna Mears, Genevieve Mina, Elexie Moore, David Nelson, Justin Ruffridge, Cal Schrage, Will Stapp, Andi Story, Louise Stutes, and Jubilee Underwood.
The vote total may be a good predictor of how the final vote will go on Wednesday when the bill is taken up for passage. The measure already passed the Senate and may end up on the governor’s desk, where he’ll have to decide whether to veto it.
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