Senate2025-26 sessionFiscal note
SB 5696 — Concerning the sales and use tax supporting chemical dependency and mental health treatment programs.
Signed into law — Chapter 152, Laws of 2025
- Sponsor
- King
- Introduced
- February 7, 2025
- Status
- C 152 L 25
- Last action
- Effective date 7/27/2025. (April 22, 2025)
What this bill does
Expands allowable uses of revenue from the local mental health and chemical dependency sales tax to include the new construction of facilities for the purposes of mental health treatment programs or services.
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Floor votes
- House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 9, 202596 yea · 1 nay · 1 not voting
- Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 5, 202549 yea · 0 nay
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