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2025R: HB1469
TO CREATE THE BROADBAND EXPANSION AND EFFICIENCY ACT; AND TO CREATE A SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION FOR MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT USED IN PRODUCING BROADBAND COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES.
Latest action: Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment.
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| Sponsor | Role |
|---|---|
| Beaty Jr. | lead |
| B. Johnson | primary |
| When | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 2025, 10:45 a.m. CT | House | Filed |
| Feb 13, 2025, 4:58 p.m. CT | House | Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on REVENUE & TAXATION- HOUSE |
| May 5, 2025, 10:35 a.m. CT | House | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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DFA1 · Feb 24, 2025
Fiscal Impact Statement
Bill: HB1469
Bill Subtitle: TO CREATE THE BROADBAND EXPANSION AND EFFICIENCY ACT; AND TO
CREATE A SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION FOR MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT USED IN
PRODUCING BROADBAND COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES.
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Sponsors:
Rep. Beaty and Sen. B. Johnson
Basic Change:
HB1469 creates the "Broadband Expansion and Efficiency Act", which creates a sales and use tax
exemption for the sale of machinery and equipment used in producing broadband communications
services. HB1469 provides definitions for "broadband communications services" and "machinery and
equipment used in producing broadband communications services":
• Broadband communication services includes: a telecommunications service; a video programming
service; an internet access service; or any combination thereof;
• Machinery and equipment used in producing broadband communication services includes: wires,
cables, fiber, conduits, antennas, poles, switches, routers, amplifiers, rectifiers, repeaters,
receivers, multiplexers, duplexers, transmitters, circuit cards, insulating and
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