State lawmaker drainage task force fumbles on final report – Indianapolis Business Journal
Sen. Jean Leising called it the "most miserable task force or interim committee meeting I have ever been a part of.”
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Sen. Jean Leising called it the "most miserable task force or interim committee meeting I have ever been a part of.”
Over three-plus hours Wednesday, members painstakingly debated and approved 20 of the 30 recommendations submitted to an interim committee on drainage along with three preliminary drafts of legislation. Then the
Indiana will continue taxing tampons and other sanitary products as luxury goods.
The third and final meeting of the interim committee on Public Health, Behavioral Health and Human Services concluded with a unanimous vote to approve a draft report of recommendations —
Indiana is one of 20 states that still has a sales tax on tampons and other feminine hygiene products.