Senate2025-26 sessionFiscal note
SB 5458: Concerning newspapers and eligible digital content.
Did not pass. The 2025-26 session has ended.
- Sponsor
- Frame
- Introduced
- January 23, 2025
- Status
- S Rules X
- Last action
- Senate Rules "X" file. (January 12, 2026)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Clarifies that publishers of newspapers and certain digital content pay a business and occupation tax rate of 0.484 percent on activities not eligible for an exemption.
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Floor votes
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 3, 202540 yea · 9 nay
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