<p>ClientNine writes "California could collect more than [0]$1 billion a<br />year by  taxing Amazon and other online retailers if a bill approved by<br />the Assembly  becomes law. Assemblyman Charles Calderon, a Democrat from<br />Whittier, says his  legislation doesn't impose a new sales tax, but<br />extends one that California  should already have been enforcing. AB155<br />passed, 47-16, with the support of  one GOP lawmaker Tuesday. It now heads<br />to the Senate. Other Republicans  rejected the bill because they said it<br />would invite lawsuits, drive business  out of California, and get the<br />state entangled in the messy task of  regulating the Internet."<br /><br />Discuss this story at:<br /> <a href="https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/01/2022223/California-Assembly-Approves-Internet-Tax?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email#commentlisting">https://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/01/2022223/California-Assembly-Approves-Internet-Tax?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email#commentlisting</a></p>