SB 125: STATE ENTERPRISE ZONES; QUALIFIED BUSINESS; TAX INCENTIVES; ELIGIBLE BUSINESS ACTIVITIES; RETAIL SALES; VALUE-ADDED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; HEALTH CARE SERVICES; ADVANCED MANUFACTURING; CYBERSECURITY
- Session Year: 2025-2026
- House: Senate
- Latest Version Date: 2025-03-13
Current Status:
In Progress
(2025-12-08: Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.)
Introduced
In Committee
First Chamber
In Committee
Second Chamber
Final Decking
Enacted
Amends
the definition of "eligible business activity" for State Enterprise
Zone Program purposes to include retail sales of tangible personal property
manufactured and sold in the enterprise zone to the final consumer, the
processing of value-added agricultural products grown within an enterprise
zone, the provision of professional services by health care professionals in
health-care-related sectors, the use of advanced manufacturing to produce
products, or the development of cybersecurity technology. Extends the eligibility period of the state
business tax credit and general excise tax exemption for qualified businesses
within state enterprise zones from 7 years to 9 years. Extends the eligibility period of the general
excise tax exemption for qualified businesses within state enterprise zones
engaged in the manufacturing of tangible personal property or the producing or
processing of agricultural products from 10 years to 12 years. Makes the extension of the state business tax
credit eligibility period applicable to taxable years beginning after
12/31/2025. Makes the extension of the
general excise tax exemption eligibility period take effect on 1/1/2027. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
Discussed in Hearing