Democrats were accused of hijacking a Republican bill last week that gutted language implementing a six-month holiday on the state’s 51-cent gas tax. Instead, language was inserted that taxed oil companies on profits above 30 cents per gallon.
The bill was supposed to go to the Appropriations Committee but in a surprise moved ended up on the Assembly floor Thursday, where it was deleted. Technically, the original bill is still alive and can be restored. The amendments have yet to appear on the Legislature’s tracking site.
— Kevin Kiley April 7, 2022 The rebuke from Republicans, motorists, and even the media had been swift after news surfaced that another tax was potentially on the horizon. One GOP assemblyman called the amendments “asinine.” Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon told Sacramento's Fox affiliate, “They know it’s not a stunt — this is the way we do business.”
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