AR 120 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Urges amendment of Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement to create definition for oral health care products.

This resolution urges the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement (SSUTA) to amend its definition of "grooming and hygiene products" to exclude oral healthcare items like toothpaste, toothbrushes, and mouthwash. Currently, these products are taxed at New Jersey's 6.625% sales tax rate under the SSUTA's existing definition. The resolution requests two specific changes: (1) removing oral care products from the "grooming" category, and (2) creating a new "oral healthcare products" category to allow states to exempt these items from sales tax. As a non-binding resolution, it seeks to enable future tax exemptions for these essential health products by modifying the multistate SSUTA agreement, not by directly changing New Jersey law.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
General Assembly Passage
Oct 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 7, 2024 Last action Oct 28, 2024
Floor votes · General Assembly Oct 28, 2024

How they voted

770
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 80
Oct 28, 2024
D Democratic52
51 Yea 1
98% Yea
R Republican28
26 Yea 2
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
4
Key actions
2
Committee
1
Oct 28, 2024
Introduced
Filed with Secretary of State
lower
Oct 28, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (77-0-0)
lower
May 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
lower
Mar 7, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health Committee
lower
3 primary · 4 co-sponsors

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