Oklahoma 2023 Regular Session

Oklahoma House Bill HB1955 Latest Draft

Bill / Engrossed Version Filed 03/27/2023

                             
 
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ENGROSSED HOUSE 
BILL NO. 1955 	By: McCall, O'Donnell, and 
Waldron of the House 
 
  and 
 
  Bullard of the Senate 
 
 
 
An Act relating to revenue and taxation; amending 68 
O.S. 2021, Section 1352 , which relates to sales tax; 
defining terms; providing for zero rate of state 
sales tax on certain food items; providing for effect 
of sales tax levies by political subd ivisions; 
prohibiting certain modifications with respect to 
levy of sales tax; specifying duration of prohibited 
action; providing an effective date; and declaring an 
emergency. 
 
 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: 
SECTION 1.    AMENDATORY     68 O.S. 2021, Section 1352, is 
amended to read as follows: 
Section 1352.  Definitions. 
As used in the Oklahoma Sales Tax Code: 
1.  "Alcoholic beverages" means beverages that are suitable for 
human consumption and contain one -half of one percent (0.5%) or more 
of alcohol by volume; 
2.  "Bundled transaction" means the retail sal e of two or more 
products, except real property and services to real property, where 
the products are otherwise distinct and identifiable, and th e 
products are sold for one nonitemized price.  A "bundled 
transaction" does not include the sale of any produc ts in which the   
 
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sales price varies, or is negotiable, based on the selection by the 
purchaser of the products included in the transaction.  As us ed in 
this paragraph: 
a. "distinct and identifiable products " does not include: 
(1) packaging such as container s, boxes, sacks, bags, 
and bottles, or other materials such as wrapping, 
labels, tags, and instruction guides, that 
accompany the retail sale of the products and are 
incidental or immaterial to the retail sale 
thereof, including but n ot limited to, grocery 
sacks, shoeboxes, dry cleanin g garment bags and 
express delivery envelopes and boxes, 
(2) a product provided free of charge with the 
required purchase of another product.  A product 
is provided free of charge if the sales price of 
the product purchased do es not vary depending on 
the inclusion of the product provided free of 
charge, or 
(3) items included in the definition of gross 
receipts or sales price, pursuant to this 
section, 
b. "one nonitemized price " does not include a price tha t 
is separately identi fied by product on binding sal es 
or other supporting sales-related documentation made   
 
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available to the customer in paper or electronic form 
including, but not limited to an invoice, bill of 
sale, receipt, contract, service agreement, lease 
agreement, periodic notice of rates and servic es, rate 
card, or price list, 
A transaction that otherwise meets the definition of a bundled 
transaction shall not be considered a bundled transaction if it is: 
(1) the retail sale of tangible personal pr operty and 
a service where the tangible personal pro perty is 
essential to the use of the service, and is 
provided exclusively in connection with the 
service, and the true object of the transaction 
is the service, 
(2) the retail sale of services where one s ervice is 
provided that is essential to the use or r eceipt 
of a second service and the first service is 
provided exclusively in connection with the 
second service and the true object of the 
transaction is the second service, 
(3) a transaction that includes taxable products and 
nontaxable products and the pu rchase price or 
sales price of the taxable products is de 
minimis.  For purposes of this subdivision, "de 
minimis" means the seller's purchase price or   
 
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sales price of taxable products is ten percent 
(10%) or less of the total purchase price or 
sales price of the bundled products.  Sellers 
shall use either the purchase price or the sales 
price of the products to determi ne if the taxable 
products are de minimis.  Sellers may not use a 
combination of the purc hase price and sales p rice 
of the products to determ ine if the taxable 
products are de minimis.  Sellers shall use the 
full term of a service contract to determine if 
the taxable products are de minimis, or 
(4) the retail sale of exempt tangible personal 
property and taxable ta ngible personal property 
where: 
(a) the transaction includes food and food 
ingredients, drugs, durable medical 
equipment, mobility enhancing equi pment, 
over-the-counter drugs, prosthetic devices 
or medical supplies, and 
(b) the seller's purchase price or s ales price 
of the taxable tangible personal property is 
fifty percent (50%) or less of the total 
purchase price or sales price of the bundled 
tangible personal property.  Sellers may not   
 
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use a combination of the purchase price and 
sales price of the tangib le personal 
property when making the fifty percent (50%) 
determination for a transaction; 
2. 3.  "Business" means any activity engaged in or caused to be 
engaged in by any person with the object of gain, benefit, or 
advantage, either direct or indirect; 
3. 4.  "Candy" means a preparation of sugar, honey, or other 
natural or artificial sweeteners in combination with chocolate, 
fruits, nuts, or other ingredients or flavorings in the form of 
bars, drops, or pieces.  Candy shall not includ e any preparation 
containing flour or requiring refrigeration; 
5.  "Commission" or "Tax Commission" means the Oklahoma Tax 
Commission; 
4. 6.  "Computer" means an electronic device that ac cepts 
information in digital or similar form and manipulate s it for a 
result based on a sequence of instructions; 
5. 7.  "Computer software" means a set of coded instructions 
designed to cause a "computer" or automatic data processing 
equipment to perform a task; 
6. 8.  "Consumer" or "user" means a person to whom a taxa ble 
sale of tangible personal property is made or to who m a taxable 
service is furnished.  "Consumer" or "user" includes all contractors 
to whom a taxable sale of materials, supplies, equipme nt, or other   
 
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tangible personal prop erty is made or to whom a taxa ble service is 
furnished to be used or consumed in the p erformance of any contract; 
7. 9.  "Contractor" means any person who performs any 
improvement upon real property and who, as a necessar y and 
incidental part of performing su ch improvement, incorporates 
tangible personal property belonging to or purchased b y the person 
into the real property being improved; 
8. 10.  "Dietary supplements" means any product, other than 
tobacco, intended to su pplement the diet that: 
a. contains one or more of the following diet ary 
ingredients: 
(1) a vitamin, 
(2) a mineral, 
(3) an herb or other botanical, 
(4) an amino acid, 
(5) a dietary substance to supplement the diet by 
increasing the total dietary intake, or 
(6) a concentrate, metabolite, constituent, extract, 
or combination of any ingredient described in 
divisions (1) through (5) of this subparagraph, 
b. is intended for ingestion in tablet, capsule, powder, 
softgel, gelcap, or liquid form, or, if not intende d 
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conventional food and is not represented for use as a 
sole item of a meal or of the diet, and 
c. is required to be labeled as a dietary supplement, 
identifiable by the label and as required pursuant to 
Section 101.36 of Title 21 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations; 
11. "Drug" means a compound, substance o r preparation, and any 
component of a compound, substance or preparation: 
a. recognized in the official United States 
Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of 
the United States, or official National Formulary, a nd 
supplement to any of them, 
b. intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, 
treatment, or prevention of disease, or 
c. intended to affect the structure or any function of 
the body; 
9. 12.  "Electronic" means relating to technology having 
electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, opti cal, electromagnetic, 
or similar capabilities; 
10. 13.  "Established place of business" means the location at 
which any person regularly engages in, c onducts, or operates a 
business in a continuou s manner for any length of time, that is open 
to the public during the hours customary to such business, in which 
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exempted by law from attachmen t, execution, or other species of 
forced sale barring any satisfactio n of any delinquent tax liability 
accrued under the Oklahoma Sales Tax Code; 
11. 14.  "Fair authority" means: 
a. any county, municipality, school district, public 
trust or any other polit ical subdivision of this 
state, or 
b. any not-for-profit corporation acting pursuant to an 
agency, operating or ma nagement agreement which has 
been approved or authorized by the governing body of 
any of the entities specified in subparagraph a of 
this paragraph which conduct, operate or produce a 
fair commonly understood to be a county, district or 
state fair; 
15.  "Food and food ingredients" means substances, whether in 
liquid, concentrated, solid, frozen, dried , or dehydrated form, that 
are sold for ingestion or chewing by humans and are consumed for 
their taste or nutriti onal value.  Food and food ingredients shall 
include bottled water, candy, and soft drinks. Food and food 
ingredients shall not include: 
a. alcoholic beverages, 
b. dietary supplements, 
c. marijuana, usable marijuana , or marijuana-infused 
products,   
 
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d. prepared food, or 
e. tobacco; 
12. 
16. a. "Gross receipts", "gross proceeds" or "sales price" 
means the total amount of consideration, including 
cash, credit, property and services, for which 
personal property or services are sold, le ased or 
rented, valued in money, whether received in money or 
otherwise, without any deduction for the following: 
(1) the seller's cost of the property sold, 
(2) the cost of materials used, labor or service 
cost, 
(3) interest, losses, all costs of transpor tation to 
the seller, all taxes imposed on the seller, and 
any other expense of the seller, 
(4) charges by the seller for any services necessary 
to complete the sale, other th an delivery and 
installation charges, 
(5) delivery charges and installation charg es, unless 
separately stated on the invoice, billing or 
similar document given to the purchaser, and 
(6) credit for any trade-in. 
b. Such term shall not include:   
 
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(1) discounts, including cash, term, or coupons that 
are not reimbursed by a third party that are 
allowed by a seller and taken by a purchaser on a 
sale, 
(2) interest, financing, and carrying charges from 
credit extended on the sale of personal property 
or services, if the amount is separately stated 
on the invoice, bill of sale or similar document 
given to the purchaser, an d 
(3) any taxes legally imposed direc tly on the 
consumer that are separately stated on the 
invoice, bill of sale or similar document given 
to the purchaser. 
c. Such term shall include con sideration received by the 
seller from third parties if: 
(1) the seller actually receives consideration fr om a 
party other than the purchaser and the 
consideration is directly related to a price 
reduction or discount on the sale, 
(2) the seller has an obli gation to pass the price 
reduction or discount through to the purchas er, 
(3) the amount of the considerati on attributable to 
the sale is fixed and determinable by the seller   
 
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at the time of the sale of the item to the 
purchaser, and 
(4) one of the following criteria is met: 
(a) the purchaser presen ts a coupon, certificate 
or other documentation to the seller to 
claim a price reduction or discount where 
the coupon, certificate or documentation is 
authorized, distributed or granted by a 
third party with the un derstanding that the 
third party will reim burse any seller to 
whom the coupon, certificate or 
documentation is presented, 
(b) the purchaser identifies himself or herself 
to the seller as a member of a group or 
organization entitled to a price reduction 
or discount; provided, a "preferred 
customer" card that is available to any 
patron does not constitute member ship in 
such a group, or 
(c) the price reduction or discount is 
identified as a third-party price reduction 
or discount on the invoice received by the 
purchaser or on a coupon, certificate or   
 
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other documentation present ed by the 
purchaser; 
13. 
17.  a. "Maintaining a place of business in this state" means 
and shall be presumed to include: 
(1) (a) utilizing or maintainin g in this state, 
directly or by subsidiary, an office, 
distribution house, sales house, warehouse, 
or other physical place of business, whether 
owned or operated by the vendor or any other 
person, other than a common carrier acting 
in its capacity as such, or 
(b) having agents operating in this state, 
whether the place of business or a gent 
is within this state temporarily or 
permanently or whether the person or 
agent is authorized to do business 
within this state, and 
(2) the presence of any person, other t han a common 
carrier acting in its capacity as such, that has 
substantial nexus in this state and that: 
(a) sells a similar line of products as t he 
vendor and does so under the same or a 
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(b) uses trademarks, service marks or trade 
names in this state that are the same 
or substantially similar to those used 
by the vendor, 
(c) delivers, installs, assembles or 
performs maintenance services for the 
vendor, 
(d) facilitates the vendor's delivery of 
property to customers in the state by 
allowing the vendor's customers to pick 
up property sold by the vendor at an 
office, distribution facility, 
warehouse, storage place or similar 
place of business maintained by the 
person in this state, or 
(e) conducts any other activities in this state 
that are significantly associated with the 
vendor's ability to establish and maintain a 
market in this state fo r the vendor's sale. 
b. The presumptions in divisions (1) and (2) of 
subparagraph a of this paragraph may be rebutted by 
demonstrating that the person 's activities in this 
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vendor's ability to establish and ma intain a market in 
this state for the ven dor's sales. 
c. Any ruling, agreement or contract, whether written or 
oral, express or implied, between a perso n and 
executive branch of this stat e, or any other state 
agency or department, st ating, agreeing or ruli ng that 
the person is not "maintaining a place of business in 
this state" or is not required to collect sales and 
use tax in this state despite the pres ence of a 
warehouse, distribution c enter or fulfillment center 
in this state that is owned or operated b y the vendor 
or an affiliated person of t he vendor shall be null 
and void unless it is specifically approved by a 
majority vote of each house of the Okl ahoma 
Legislature; 
14. 18.  "Manufacturing" means and includes the activity of 
converting or conditioning tangible personal property by changing 
the form, composition, or quality of character of some existing 
material or materials , including natural resources, by procedures 
commonly regarded by the average person as manufacturing, 
compounding, processing or assembling, into a material or materials 
with a different form or use.  "Manufacturing" does not include 
extractive industrial activities such as mining, qu arrying, logging, 
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processes, such as natural pressure reduction, mechanical 
separation, heating, cooling, dehydration and compression; 
15. 19.  "Manufacturing operation " means the designing, 
manufacturing, compounding, processin g, assembling, warehousing, or 
preparing of articles f or sale as tangible personal property.  A 
manufacturing operatio n begins at the point where the materials 
enter the manufacturing site and ends a t the point where a finished 
product leaves the manufactu ring site.  "Manufacturing operation " 
does not include administration, sales, distribution, 
transportation, site const ruction, or site maintenance.  Extractive 
activities and field processes shall no t be deemed to be a part of a 
manufacturing operation eve n when performed by a person otherwise 
engaged in manufacturing; 
16. 20.  "Manufacturing site" means a location where a 
manufacturing operation is conducted, including a location 
consisting of one or mor e buildings or structures in a n area owned, 
leased, or controlled by a manufacturer; 
17. 21.  "Over-the-counter drug" means a drug that contains a 
label that identifies the p roduct as a drug as required by 21 
C.F.R., Section 201.66.  The over-the-counter-drug label includes: 
a. a "Drug Facts" panel, or 
b. a statement of the "active ingredient(s) " with a list 
of those ingredients contained in the compound, 
substance or preparat ion;   
 
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18. 22.  "Person" means any individual, company, partnership, 
joint venture, joint ag reement, association, mutual o r otherwise, 
limited liability company, corporation, estate, trust, business 
trust, receiver or trustee appointed by any state or federa l court 
or otherwise, syndicate, this state, any county, city, municipality, 
school district, any other political subdiv ision of the state, or 
any group or combination acting as a unit, in the plural o r singular 
number; 
23.  "Prepared food" means: 
a. food sold in a heated state or that is heated by the 
seller, 
b. two or more food ingredients mixed or com bined by the 
seller for sale as a single item, or 
c. food sold with eating utensils provided by the sell er, 
including plates, knives, forks, spoons, glasses, 
cups, napkins, or straws; 
19. 24.  "Prescription" means an order, formula o r recipe issued 
in any form of oral, written, electronic, or other means of 
transmission by a duly licensed "practitioner" as defined in Section 
1357.6 of this title; 
20. 25.  "Prewritten computer software" means "computer 
software", including prewritten upgra des, which is not designed and 
developed by the author or other creator to the sp ecifications of a 
specific purchaser.  The combining of two or more prewritten   
 
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computer software programs or prewritten portions thereof does not 
cause the combination to be o ther than prewritten computer software.  
Prewritten software includes software de signed and developed by the 
author or other creator to the specifications of a specific 
purchaser when it is sold to a person other than the purchaser.  
Where a person modifie s or enhances computer software of which the 
person is not the author or creator, the person shall be deemed to 
be the author or creator only of such person 's modifications or 
enhancements.  Prewritten software or a prewritten portion thereof 
that is modified or enhanced to any degree, where such modification 
or enhancement is designed and developed to the specific ations of a 
specific purchaser, remains prewritten software; pro vided, however, 
that where there is a reasonable, separately stated charge or an 
invoice or other statement of the price given to the p urchaser for 
such modification or enhancement, such modif ication or enhancement 
shall not constitute prewritten computer software; 
21. 26.  "Repairman" means any person who performs any repair 
service upon tangible personal property of the consumer, whethe r or 
not the repairman, as a ne cessary and incidental part of performing 
the service, incorporates tangible personal prop erty belonging to or 
purchased by the repairman into the tangible personal property b eing 
repaired; 
22. 27.  "Sale" means the transfer of either title or possession 
of tangible personal property for a valuable consideration   
 
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regardless of the manner, method , instrumentality, or device by 
which the transfer is accomplished in this state, or othe r 
transactions as provided by this paragraph, including but not 
limited to: 
a. the exchange, barter, lease, or rental of tangible 
personal property resulting in the tr ansfer of the 
title to or possession of the property, 
b. the disposition for consumption or use in any business 
or by any person of all goods, wares, merchandise, or 
property which has been purchased for resale, 
manufacturing, or further processing, 
c. the sale, gift, exchange, or other disposition of 
admission, dues, or fees to clubs, places of 
amusement, or recreational or athletic even ts or for 
the privilege of having a ccess to or the use of 
amusement, recreational, athletic or entertainment 
facilities, 
d. the furnishing or rendering of services taxable under 
the Oklahoma Sales Tax Code, and 
e. any use of motor fuel or diesel fuel by a supplier, as 
defined in Section 500 .3 of this title, upon which 
sales tax has not previously been paid, for purposes 
other than to propel motor vehicles over the public 
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purchased outside the state and used for purposes 
other than to propel motor vehicles over the public 
highways of this state shall not constitute a sale 
within the meaning of this paragraph; 
23. 28.  "Sale for resale" means: 
a. a sale of tangible per sonal property to any purchaser 
who is purchasing tangible personal property for the 
purpose of reselling it wi thin the geographical limits 
of the United States of America or its territories or 
possessions, in the normal course of business either 
in the form or condition in which it is purchased o r 
as an attachment to or integral part of other tangible 
personal property, 
b. a sale of tangible personal property to a purchaser 
for the sole purpose of the renting or leasing, within 
the geographical limits of t he United States of 
America or its territo ries or possessions, of the 
tangible personal property to another per son by the 
purchaser, but not if incidental to the r enting or 
leasing of real estate, 
c. a sale of tangible goods and products within this 
state if, simultaneously with the sale, the vend or 
issues an export bill of lading, or other 
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for use and consumpti on is in a foreign country and 
not within the territorial confines of the United 
States.  If the vendor is not in the business of 
shipping the tangible goods and products tha t are 
purchased from the vendo r, the buyer or purchaser of 
the tangible goods and products is responsible for 
providing an export bill of lading or other 
documentation to the vendor from whom the tangible 
goods and products were purchased showing that the 
point of delivery of such good s for use and 
consumption is a foreign country and n ot within the 
territorial confines of the United States, or 
d. a sales of any carrier access services, right of 
access services, teleco mmunications services to be 
resold, or telecommunications used in the subsequent 
provision of, use as a component part of , or 
integrated into, end-to-end telecommunications 
service; 
29.  "Soft drinks" means any nonalcoholic beverages that co ntain 
natural or artificial sweeteners.  Soft drinks shall not include 
beverages that contain: 
a. milk or milk products, 
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c. greater than fifty percent (50%) of vegetable or fruit 
juice by volume; 
24. 30.  "Tangible personal property" means personal property 
that can be seen, weighed, meas ured, felt, or touched o r that is in 
any other manner perceptible to the senses.  "Tangible personal 
property" includes electricity, wa ter, gas, steam and prewritten 
computer software.  T his definition shall be applicable only for 
purposes of the Oklahoma Sales Tax Code; 
25. 31.  "Taxpayer" means any person liable to pay a tax imposed 
by the Oklahoma Sales Tax Code; 
26. 32.  "Tax period" or "taxable period" means the calendar 
period or the taxpayer's fiscal period for which a taxpayer has 
obtained a permit from the Tax Commission to use a fiscal period in 
lieu of a calendar period; 
27. 33.  "Tax remitter" means any person required to collect, 
report, or remit the tax imposed by the Oklahoma Sales Tax Code.  A 
tax remitter who fails, for any reason, to collec t, report, or remit 
the tax shall be considered a taxpayer for purposes of assessment, 
collection, and enforcement of the tax imposed by the Oklaho ma Sales 
Tax Code; and 
28. 34.  "Vendor" means: 
a. any person making sales of tangible personal property 
or services in this state, the gross receipt s or gross   
 
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proceeds from which are taxed by the Oklahoma Sales 
Tax Code, 
b. any person maintaining a place of b usiness in this 
state and making sal es of tangible personal prop erty 
or services, whether at the place of business or 
elsewhere, to persons withi n this state, the gross 
receipts or gross proceeds from which are taxed by the 
Oklahoma Sales Tax Code, 
c. any person who solicits business by empl oyees, 
independent contracto rs, agents, or other 
representatives in t his state, and thereby makes sales 
to persons within this state of tangible personal 
property or services, the gross receipts or gross 
proceeds from which are taxed by the Oklahoma Sales 
Tax Code, or 
d. any person, pursuant to an agreement with the person 
with an ownership interest in or title t o tangible 
personal property, who has been entrusted with the 
possession of any such property and has the power to 
designate who is to obtain title , to physically 
transfer possession of, or otherwise make sales of th e 
property.   
 
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SECTION 2.    NEW LAW    A new section of law to be codified 
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1357.11 of Title 68, unless 
there is created a dupli cation in numbering, reads as follow s: 
A.  1.  On or after the effective date of this act, an excise 
tax of zero percent (0%) is hereby imposed upon all retail sales of 
food and food ingredients sold for human consumption off the 
premises where sold. 
2.  Any sales tax or excise tax levied by a city, town, county, 
or any other jurisdiction in this state upon sales of food and food 
ingredients shall be in effect regardless of ordinance or 
contractual provisions referring to previously imposed state sales 
tax on the items. 
3.  On or after the effective date of this act, until June 30, 
2025, a county or a municipality that submits the question of a 
sales tax or excise tax to its voters shall provide that the 
increased rate does not apply to "food and food ingredients" as that 
term is defined in Section 1352 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma 
Statutes. 
B.  The Oklahoma Tax Commission shall promulgate any necessary 
rules to implement the provisions of this section in accordance with 
the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement. 
SECTION 3.  This act shall become effective July 1, 2023. 
SECTION 4.  It being immediately necessary for the preservation 
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby   
 
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declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and 
be in full force from and after its passage and approval. 
Passed the House of Representatives the 21st day of March, 2023. 
 
 
 
  
 	Presiding Officer of the House 
 	of Representatives 
 
 
Passed the Senate the ___ day of __________, 2023. 
 
 
 
  
 	Presiding Officer of the Senate