2007 Senate Bill 410

House Roll Call 617: Passed

To replace existing 9-1-1 emergency phone service levies and a 29-cent monthly 9-1-1 cell phone tax with a new tax that initially would be 19 cents per line but could later rise to 25 cents, to be collected by all providers of telephone service of whatever type (landline, cable, VOIP, cellular, etc.) This would in addition to existing county 9-1-1 millages and taxes, which they could continue to collect for county or multi-county 9-1-1 systems. The tax would be capped at 10 lines per facility.

95 Yeas / 13 Nays
Democrat (54 Yeas / 2 Nays)
Republican (41 Yeas / 11 Nays)
Excused or Not Voting (2)