On May 6, 2013, as anticipated when the Senate recessed last week, the US Senate passed the Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013 (S. 743). The bill’s passage was the culmination of a flurry of action by the Senate in recent weeks, including an April 25th procedural vote that ended debate on the bill and sent the bill to the floor of the Senate which passed the bill by an overwhelming majority.
Sander Lurie and John R. Russell IV, members of Dentons’ Public Policy and Regulation practice, co-authored this article.