Key Votes
HB 795 - Minimum Wage and Sales Tax Modifications for Businesses - Key Vote
Missouri Key Votes
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Legislation - Referred to Committee (Senate) - April 21, 2009
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (87-70) - April 16, 2009 (Key vote)
Title: Minimum Wage and Sales Tax Modifications for Businesses
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that allows businesses to keep a larger percentage of sales taxes collected during the next three years and permanently exempts certain employers from paying minimum wages.
Highlights:
-Allows the deduction of an amount equal to two-percent from every remittance to the director of revenue as well as an additional one percent through July 1, 2012 (Sec. A).
-Exempts small businesses whose annual gross volume sales made or business done are less than one million dollars from certain minimum wage requirements (Sec. A).
-Prohibits new regulations for small businesses for a period of three years including administrative costs or fees assessed against small businesses or any fees or procedures in obtaining a small business license (Sec. 1).
Legislation - Introduced (House) - Feb. 18, 2009
Title: Minimum Wage and Sales Tax Modifications for Businesses
Sponsors
- Mike Dethrow (MO - R) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Ellen Brandom (MO - R) (Out Of Office)
- David 'Dave' Day (MO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Tony Dugger (MO - R)
- Douglas K. 'Doug' Ervin (MO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Ward Franz (MO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Darrell Pollock (MO - R) (Out Of Office)
- David Sater (MO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Rodney Schad (MO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Tom Self (MO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Maynard Wallace (MO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Don Wells (MO - R) (Out Of Office)
