Arkansas 2023 Regular Session

Arkansas House Bill HB1364 Compare Versions

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4	4	State of Arkansas 1
5	5	94th General Assembly A Bill 2
6	6	Regular Session, 2023 HOUSE BILL 1364 3
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8	8	By: Representatives Clowney, Bentley, Pilkington, Lundstrum 5
9	9	By: Senator B. Davis 6
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11	11	For An Act To Be Entitled 8
12	12	AN ACT TO CREATE A S ALES AND USE TAX EXE MPTION FOR 9
13	13	CERTAIN ITEMS RELATE D TO BREASTFEEDING; TO CREATE A 10
14	14	SALES AND USE TAX EX EMPTION FOR BREAST P UMPS, BREAST 11
15	15	PUMP COLLECTION AND STORAGE SUPPLIES, BR EAST PUMP 12
16	16	KITS, AND RELATED IT EMS; AND FOR OTHER P URPOSES. 13
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20	20	TO CREATE A SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION 17
21	21	FOR BREAST PUMPS, BREAST PUMP COLLECTION 18
22	22	AND STORAGE SUPPLIES, BREAST PUMP KITS, 19
23	23	AND RELATED ITEMS. 20
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26	26	BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 23
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28	28	SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 26, Chapter 52, Subchapter 4, is 25
29	29	amended to add an additional section to read as follows: 26
30	30	26-52-455. Breast pumps and related items. 27
31	31	(a) As used in this section: 28
32	32	(1)(A) "Breast pump" means an electrically or manually 29
33	33	controlled pump device designed or marketed to be used to express milk from a 30
34	34	human breast during lactation. 31
35	35	(B) “Breast pump” includes the electrically or manually 32
36	36	controlled pump device and any battery, AC adapter, or other power supply 33
37	37	unit packaged and sold with the pump device at the time of sale to power the 34
38	38	pump device; 35
39	39	(2)(A) "Breast pump collection and storage supplies" means items 36 HB1364
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44	44	of tangible personal property designed or marketed to be used in conjunction 1
45	45	with a breast pump to collect milk expressed from a human breast and to store 2
46	46	collected milk until it is ready for consumption. 3
47	47	(B) “Breast pump collection and storage supplies” 4
48	48	includes, but is not limited to: 5
49	49	(i) Breast shields and breast shield connectors; 6
50	50	(ii) Breast pump tubes and tubing adapters; 7
51	51	(iii) Breast pump valves and membranes; 8
52	52	(iv) Backflow protectors and backflow protector 9
53	53	adapters; 10
54	54	(v) Bottles and bottle caps specific to the 11
55	55	operation of the breast pump; 12
56	56	(vi) Breast milk storage bags; and 13
57	57	(vii) Other items t hat may be useful to initiate, 14
58	58	support, or sustain breastfeeding using a breast pump during lactation, that 15
59	59	may be sold separately, but are generally sold as part of a breast pump kit. 16
60	60	(C) “Breast pump collection and storage supplies” does not 17
61	61	include the following unless sold as part of a breast pump kit pre -packaged 18
62	62	by the breast pump manufacturer or distributor: 19
63	63	(i) Bottles and bottle caps not specific to the 20
64	64	operation of the breast pump; 21
65	65	(ii) Breast pump travel bags and other similar 22
66	66	carrying accessories, including ice packs, labels, and other similar 23
67	67	products; 24
68	68	(iii) Breast pump cleaning supplies; 25
69	69	(iv) Nursing bras, bra pads, breast shells, and 26
70	70	other similar products; and 27
71	71	(v) Creams, ointments, and other similar product s 28
72	72	that relieve breastfeeding -related symptoms or conditions of the breasts or 29
73	73	nipples; and 30
74	74	(3) "Breast pump kit" means a kit that contains a breast pump 31
75	75	and one (1) or more of the following items: breast pump collection and 32
76	76	storage supplies, and other taxable items of tangible personal property that 33
77	77	may be useful to initiate, support, or sustai n breastfeeding using a breast 34
78	78	pump during lactation, so long as the other taxable items of tangible 35
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84	84	than ten percent (10%) of the total sales price of the breast pump kit. 1
85	85	(b) The gross receipts or gross proceeds derived from the sale of the 2
86	86	following are exempt from the gross receipts tax levied by this chapter and 3
87	87	the compensating use tax levied by the Arkansas Compensating Tax Act of 1949, 4
88	88	§ 26-53-101 et seq.: 5
89	89	(1) A breast pump; 6
90	90	(2) Breast pump collection and storage supplies; 7
91	91	(3) A breast pump kit; 8
92	92	(4) A breast pump travel bag and the accessories used to 9
93	93	facilitate the use of a portable breast pump, including without limitation 10
94	94	ice packs, labels, and other simil ar products; and 11
95	95	(5) Repair and replacement parts for a breast pump or a breast 12
96	96	pump kit. 13
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98	98	SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. Section 1 of this act is effective on the 15
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