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Read. Follow. Verify.Connecticut bill proposes eliminating the additional one percent sales tax on meals
Last action · February 4, 2026: Referred to Joint Committee on Finance, Revenue and BondingSponsors: Jason Buchsbaum and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
Proposed HB 5020 eliminates the additional one per cent es imposed on meals sold by eating establishments, caterers, or grocery stores.
Lowers food purchasing costs for consumers and reduces tax collection obligations for restaurants, caterers, and grocery stores across the state.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Eating establishments, caterers and grocery stores
Consumers purchasing meals
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
1 action- Feb 4, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyCommitteeReferred to Joint Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding
Version history
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Sources
cga.ct.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 50)
- Controversy40Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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