AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION TAX CREDITS (Increases the motion picture production company tax credit to ten million dollars ($10,000,000) and cap the available total of credits to forty million dollars ($40,000,000). This act would also eliminate the sunset provision.)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
Senate Passage
May 2023
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 27, 2023
Last action May 17, 2023
Floor votes · Senate May 16, 2023
How they voted
23–2
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 28
May 16, 2023
D
Democratic25
80% Yea
R
Republican3
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
2
Committee
2
May 17, 2023
Committee
05/17/2023 Referred to House Finance
lower
May 16, 2023
Upper · Passed
05/16/2023 Senate read and passed
upper
May 9, 2023
Legislature · Passed
05/09/2023 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Apr 27, 2023
Introduced
04/27/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance
upper
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bob Britto
DDemocratic
P
Hanna Gallo
DDemocratic
P
Josh Miller
DDemocratic
P
Ryan Pearson
DDemocratic
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