tampon tax

Colorado tampon tax exemption clears first legislative hurdle

Feb 14, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

The tampon sales tax exemption for Colorado cleared its first House committee on a party line vote Monday. Democrats characterized the estimated annual average of $1.71 each woman pays in state sales levy a “pink tax” that discriminates against women. The state budget would take a $1.2 million hit, if the exemption becomes law, according…
Colorado tampon tax repeal passes first hearing with narrow support

Feb 14, 2017

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John Tomasic

A bill that aimed to eliminate Colorado’s version of the so-called tampon tax passed out of a Democratic-controlled state House committee Monday – but the bill didn’t draw the kind of support that its sponsor had hoped for and that might bolster its chances in the Republican-controlled state Senate. The bill, HB 1127, made it through…
#Coleg Week 6: Concerning would-be fracktavist vandals, the death penalty, civil forfeiture, the tampon tax, PERA, broadband

Feb 13, 2017

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John Tomasic

Lawmakers today embark on their sixth week of the session. Eleven weeks to go. What’s on the schedule at the gold dome this week? The “Most Accessed Bills” box on the General Assembly website offers a snapshot. It includes Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg’s SB 35, a “fracktavist beware” bill that would hike penalties for tampering with…
Tax-free tampons? Colorado Democrat eyes exemption

Dec 26, 2016

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JOEY BUNCH

Republicans love axing taxes, so a Denver Democrat is hopeful those in the legislature will eliminate Colorado’s tampon tax and give women a break. State Rep. Susan Lontine of Denver said the sales tax charged on tampons, sanitary pads and other such products singles out women and implies a period is a luxury. “Women make less…

tampon tax

Colorado tampon tax exemption clears first legislative hurdle

Colorado tampon tax repeal passes first hearing with narrow support

#Coleg Week 6: Concerning would-be fracktavist vandals, the death penalty, civil forfeiture, the tampon tax, PERA, broadband

Tax-free tampons? Colorado Democrat eyes exemption