2ESHB 1371 — Providing incentives to improve freight railroad infrastructure.
Did not pass — the 2023–24 session has ended
- Sponsor
- Barkis
- Introduced
- February 22, 2023
- Status
- H Rules 3C
- Last action
- By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading. (March 7, 2024)
What this bill does
Creates various business and occupation, retail sales and use, and public utility tax exemptions and credits for class I, II, and III railroads and other eligible taxpayers for donated materials, maintenance, modernization, and new construction on short line railroad track.
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Floor votes
- House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 16, 202392 yea · 4 nay · 2 not voting
- House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 8, 202495 yea · 0 nay · 3 not voting
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