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Senate Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
Senate of Pennsylvania
Session of 2025 - 2026
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | December 11, 2024 01:51 PM |
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| From: | Senator Michele Brooks |
| To: | All Senate members |
| Subject: | Sales Tax Exemption for Service Dog Products and Services |
| I will be reintroducing Senate Bill 620 from the 2023-2024 legislative session to provide a sales tax exemption for guide, hearing, or service dog products and services necessary for their care. Previous cosponsors on this legislation included Senators Schwank, Brewster, Stefano, Dillon, Tartaglione, Costa and Robinson. Guide, hearing, and service dogs provide a means to independence for a person with a disability, similar to a wheelchair or other adaptive equipment. These dogs allow their owners to more fully engage in their surroundings and communities, and with their families. The care of service dogs, from veterinarian appointments to food and equipment, can cost thousands of dollars a year. These expenses can deter people with disabilities from purchasing a service dog, preventing them from living a fuller and more independent life. This legislation would exempt the following products and services from sales tax:
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