On Wednesday, November 24, four members of the Utah House of Representatives, Representative Jenn and two members of the Utah State Senate showed up to a press conference supporting Representative Rosemary Lesser's bill to eliminate the state portion of the sales tax on food. We want to thank all of the legislators who showed up in support of this bill by name: Senator Luz Escamilla, Senator Derek Kitchen, Representative Jennifer Dailey-Provost, Representative Gay Lynn Bennion, Representative Elizabeth Weight and Representative Angela Romero.
You can learn more about the press conference by reading the stories about it from KUTV, KSL Television, Fox 13, KUER, KSL, and the Standard Examiner.
It is wonderful that five members of the House and two members of the Senate who have publicly said they support this bill. However, to pass the bill will need 38 votes in the House and fifteen votes in the Senate. How can we get enough legislators to support the bill that it passes during the upcoming legislative session, which begins on January 18, 2022?
The first step is to reach out to members of the House of Representatives to support the bill because the House is where it will get its first votes. Fortunately, a bill eliminating the sales tax on food passed in the House only a couple years ago, during the 2018 general session. When the 2018 bill, HB 148, was brought up for a vote it had 30 cosponsors. Many of the 2018 cosponsors are still in the Legislature. Can you help ask them to show they still support eliminating the sales tax on food by reaching out to Representative Lesser and asking to be a cosponsor to her bill for the 2022 legislative session?
You can learn more about the press conference by reading the stories about it from KUTV, KSL Television, Fox 13, KUER, KSL, and the Standard Examiner.
It is wonderful that five members of the House and two members of the Senate who have publicly said they support this bill. However, to pass the bill will need 38 votes in the House and fifteen votes in the Senate. How can we get enough legislators to support the bill that it passes during the upcoming legislative session, which begins on January 18, 2022?
The first step is to reach out to members of the House of Representatives to support the bill because the House is where it will get its first votes. Fortunately, a bill eliminating the sales tax on food passed in the House only a couple years ago, during the 2018 general session. When the 2018 bill, HB 148, was brought up for a vote it had 30 cosponsors. Many of the 2018 cosponsors are still in the Legislature. Can you help ask them to show they still support eliminating the sales tax on food by reaching out to Representative Lesser and asking to be a cosponsor to her bill for the 2022 legislative session?
| Representatives Who Co-Sponsored Legislation to Eliminate the Sales Tax on Food in 2018
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