Roll Call! House Approves $37 Million in New Miscellaneous Taxes

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H.873 – AN ACT RELATING TO MAKING MISCELLANEOUS TAX CHANGES.
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PASSED
in the State House of Representatives
on March 23, 2016, by a vote of
86-59

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Purpose: This bill proposes to make miscellaneous tax changes. (Read the Bill)

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Analysis: Those voting YES approved $37 million worth of new taxes. These include applying the 9% rooms and meals tax to private, short term rentals such as those contracted through AirBnB, raising the assessment on employers who do not offer health insurance to their employees to $151.12 per employee for businesses with 19 or fewer employees, $210.00 for businesses with 20-99 employees, and $249.00 for businesses with over 100 or more employees. The bill also puts a 3.3 percent assessment on ambulance agencies’ annual net patient revenues for services. And increases by 0.25% the fuel gross receipts on heating oil, propane, kerosene, dyed diesel, natural gas and coal to 0.75%. And, a $2.4 million a year increase in the bank franchise tax.

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Those voting NO opposed these tax increases.

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As Recorded in the House Journal, Wednesday, March 23, 2016: “Shall the bill be read a third time? was decided in the affirmative. Yeas, 86. Nays, 59” (Read the Journal, p. 627-631.)

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How They Voted

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Janet Ancel (D-Calis) – YES

Bob Bancroft (R-Westford) – NO

John Bartholomew (D-Hartland) – YES

Fred Baser (R-Bristol) – NO

Lynn Batchelor (R-Derby Line) – ABSENT

Scott Beck (R-St. Johnsbury) – NO

Steven Berry (D-Manchester Center) – YES

Stephen Beyor (R-Highgate Springs) – NO

Clement Bissonnette (D-Winooski) – YES

William Botzow (D-Bennington) – YES

Carolyn Branagan (R-Georgia) – NO

Patrick Brennan (R-Colchster) – NO

Timothy Briglin (D-Thetford) – YES

Cynthia Browning (D-Arlington) – NO

Thomas Burditt (R-West Rutland) – NO

Mollie Burke (P/D-Brattleboro) – YES

Sarah Buxton (D-Tunbridge) – NO

William Canfield (R/D-Fair Haven) – NO

Stephen Carr (D-Brandon) – YES

Robin Chestnut-Tangerman (P-Middletown Springs) – YES

Kevin Christie (D-White River Jct.) – ABSENT

Alison Clarkson (D-Woodstock) – YES

Joanna Cole (D-Burlington) – YES

James Condon (D-Colchester) – YES

Daniel Connor (D-Fairfield) – YES

Charles Conquest (D-Wells River) – YES

Sarah Copeland-Hanzas (D-Bradford) – YES

Timothy Corcoran (D-Bennington) – YES

Lawrence Cupoli (R-Rutland) – NO

Leigh Dakin (D-Chester) – YES

Maureen Dakin (D-Colchester) – YES

Paul Dame (R-Essex Junction) – NO

Susan Davis (P/D-Washington) – YES

David Deen (D-Putney) – YES

Dennis Devereux (R-Belmont) – NO

Eileen “Lynn” Dickinson (R-St. Albans) – NO

Anne Donahue (R-Northfield) – NO

Johannah Donovan (D-Burlington) – YES

Alyson Eastman (I-Orwell) – NO

Alice Emmons (D/W-Springfield) – YES

Debbie Evans (D-Essex) – YES

Peter Fagan (R-Rutland) – NO

Martha Feltus (R-Lyndonville) – NO

Rachael Fields (D-Bennington) – YES

Larry Fiske (R-Enosburg Falls) – NO

Robert Forguites (D-Springfield) – YES

William Frank (D-Underhill) – YES

Patsy French (D-Randolph) – YES

Douglas Gage (R-Rutland) – NO

Marianna Gamache (R-Swanton) – NO

Diana Gonzalez (P/D-Winooski) – ABSENT

Maxine Grad (D-Moretown) – YES

Rodney Graham (R-Williamstown) – NO

Adam Greshin (I-Warren) – NO

Sandy Haas (P/D-Rochester) – YES

Helen Head (D-So. Burlington) – YES

Michael Hebert (R-Vernon) – NO

Robert Helm (R/D-Fair Haven) – NO

Mark Higley (R-Lowell) – NO

Mary Hooper (D-Montpelier) – YES

Ronald Hubert (R-Milton) – NO

Mark Huntley (D-Cavendish) – YES

Timothy Jerman (D-Essex) – YES

Willem Jewett (D-Ripton) – YES

Mitzi Johnson (D-S. Hero) – YES

Bernard Juskiewicz (R-Camdridge) – NO

Kathleen Keenan (D-St. Albans) – YES

Warren Kitzmiller (D-Montpelier) – YES

Anthony Klein (D-Montpelier) – YES

Patricia Komline (R-Dorset) – NO

Robert Krebs (D-S. Hero) – NO

Jill Krowinski (D-Burlington) – YES

Rob LaClair (R-Barre Town) – NO

Martin LaLonde (D-South Burlington) – YES

Diane Lanpher (D-Vergennes) – YES

Richard Lawrence (R-Lyndon) – NO

Paul Lefebvre (R-Island Pond) – NO

Joan Lenes (D-Shelburne) – YES

Patti Lewis (R-Berlin) – NO

William Lippert (D-Hinesburg) – YES

Emily Long (D-Newfane) – YES

Gabrielle Lucke (D-White River Junction) – YES

Terence Macaig (D-Williston) – YES

Ann Manwaring (D-Wilmington) – YES

Michael Marcotte (R/D-Newport) – NO

Marcia Martel (R-Waterford) – NO

Linda Martin (D-Wolcott) – YES

James Masland (D-Thetford) – YES

Curtis McCormack (D/W-Burlington) – YES

Patricia McCoy (R-Poultney) – NO

James McCullough (D-Williston) – YES

Francis McFaun (R/D-Barre) – NO

Alice Miller (D-Shaftsbury) – YES

Kiah Morris (D-Bennington) – YES

Mary Morrissey (R-Bennington) – NO

Michael Mrowicki (D-Putney) – YES

Barbara Murphy (I-Fairfax) – YES

Linda Myers (R-Essex) – NO

Betty Nuovo (D-Middlebury) – YES

Anne O’Brien (D-Richmond) – YES

Jean O’Sullivan (D-Burlington) – YES

Oliver Olsen (I-Jamaica) – YES

Corey Parent (R-St. Albans) – NO

Carolyn Partridge (D-Windham) – YES

Avram Patt (D-Worcestor) – YES

Albert “Chuck” Pearce (R/D-Richford) – NO

Christopher Pearson (P-Burlington) – YES

Paul Poirier (I-Barre) – NO

David Potter (D-Clarendon) – YES

Ann Pugh (D-S. Burlington) – YES

Joey Purvis (R-Colchester) – NO

Constance Quimby (R/D-Concord) – NO

Barbara Rachelson (D-Burlington) – YES

Kesha Ram (D-Burlington) – YES

Herbert Russell (D-Rutland) – YES

Marjorie Ryerson (D-Randolph) – YES

Brian Savage (R-Swanton) – NO

Heidi Scheuermann (R-Stowe) – NO

David Sharpe (D-Bristol) – YES

Charles Shaw (R/D-Pitsford) – NO

Loren Shaw (R/D-Derby) – NO

Amy Sheldon (D-Middlebury) – YES

Laura Sibilia (I-West Dover) – NO

Harvey Smith (R-New Haven) – NO

Shapleigh Smith (D-Morristown) – PRESIDING

Thomas Stevens (D-Waterbury) – YES

Vicki Strong (R-Albany) – NO

Valerie Stuart (D-Brattleboro) – YES

Mary Sullivan (D-Burlington) – YES

Donna Sweaney (D-Windsor) – YES

Job Tate (R-Mendon) – ABSENT

Thomas Terenzini (R/D-Rutland) – NO

George Till (D-Jericho) – YES

Tristan Toleno (D-Brattleboro) – YES

Catherine Toll (D-Danville) – YES

Maida Townsend (D-S. Burlington) – YES

Matthew Trieber (D-Bellows Falls) – YES

Chip Troiano (D-Hardwick) – YES

Donald Turner (R-Milton) – NO

Warren Van Wyck (R-Ferrisburgh) – NO

Gary Viens (R-Newport) – NO

Tommy Walz (D-Barre City) – YES

Kathryn Webb (D-Shelburne) – YES

Janssen Willhoit (R-St. Johnsbury) – NO

Theresa Wood (D-Waterbury) – NO

Mark Woodward (D-Johnson) – YES

Kurt Wright (R-Burlington) – NO

Michael Yantachka (D-Charlotte) – YES

Samuel Young (D-Glover) – YES

Teo Zagar (D-Barnard) – YES

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