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2026 Regular Session

Senate Bill 55

AN ACT DEDICATING THE ADDITIONAL SALES TAX ON MEALS TO CERTAIN PURPOSES.

In the Senate's Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee since February 4, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To dedicate the revenue generated from the additional one per cent of sales tax on meals as follows: (1) Fifty per cent of the amount collected to be deposited in the Tourism Fund; (2) twenty-five per cent of the amount collected to be paid to the municipalities to which the purchases of the meals are sourced; and (3) twenty-five per cent of the amount collected to be deposited in the General Fund and dedicated to funding free school lunches.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

In the House of Representatives

    1 co-sponsor

    Greg S. Howard

    Its course

    February 4 to February 4, 2026, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action1 action on 1 day

    In the SenateFrom Feb 4

    Finance, Revenue and Bonding CommitteeFrom Feb 4

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

    l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

    In the Senate Feb 4

    1. Feb 4Introduced and sent to Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee
    All 1 actions, as published
    1. Feb 4REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses