The Florida House has approved a three day Back-to-School sales tax holiday slated for August 13th to August 15th during which books, clothes, shoes, and book bags under $50, and school supplies under $120, will be exempt from sales tax.

Members of the Oklahoma Senate Finance Committee have approved a measure to exempt school supplies from sales tax on purchases over $100 during the annual Back-to-School sales tax holiday in August.

Florida Governor Crist is proposing a 10-day Back-To-School sales tax holiday on clothing under $100 and school supplies under $10, as part of a tax relief measure on the state budget.

Florida Governor and lawmakers are pushing for a back-to-school sales tax holiday in 2010. Each year, Florida legislature votes on whether to offer a sales tax holiday and in 2009, both the back-to-school and hurricane preparedness holidays failed to pass.

The South Carolina Department of Revenue has anounced that it will be holding a Sales Tax Holiday exempting sales of handguns, rifles and shotguns from tax occuring from November 27th to the 28th.

South Carolina residents will not have the opportunity to take part in the Energy Star Appliance sales tax holiday this year during the month of October.  On 4 May 2009, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled the holiday unconstitutional.

Kentucky State Representative Fitz Steele is preparing the proposal of a three-day tax holiday spanning a Friday to Sunday in early August.  The proposal outlines that items such as clothes, computers, and school supplies would be exempt from the state sales tax, whether they are purchased in a retail store, or online.

The Ohio Sales Tax Reform Incentive is pushing the idea of sales tax holidays in the state Legislature.  Two sales tax holidays are being considered, a back-to-school sales tax holiday and a holiday season sales tax holiday, the two holidays are not mutually exclusive.

The Maine State Legislature has agreed to reject a bill that would have created a one-time statewide sales tax holiday. This bill (HP 792, LD 1148) would have exempted all items sold on Columbus Day weekend in October 2010.

The Louisiana House of Representatives and Senate have both approved legislation (HB 128 and SB 52) for a second amendment sales tax holiday on firearms during the first Friday through Sunday of September each year.  The Senate has also approved a sales tax holiday for Mardi Gras items (SB 128).