Goa Assembly passes the GST Bill today, i.e. 31.08.2016 and by this becomes the 15th state to do so. Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar said that Goa is the 15th State Assembly to ratify the Bill. With this, 50 percent of States have passed the Bill paving way for the presidential assent, he said. Source: http://www.thehindu.co