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Joint Revenue Committee adopts interim study agenda: property tax reform, exemptions review, electricity taxation among approved items
Summary
The Joint Revenue Committee took voice and hand votes on a numbered list of proposed interim topics. The committee approved a package of studies covering property tax appeals and reform, exemption reporting, combining sales and use tax statutes, digital notice options, and electricity taxation; some items were declined or deferred.
The Joint Revenue Committee reviewed a numbered list of proposed interim topics and took a series of voice and hand votes to determine which items to pursue during the 2025 interim.
After numbering the proposals, the committee took individual votes. The committee voted not to pursue topic 1 (501(c) classifications and federal tax matters) as an interim project. The committee approved, by voice votes, the following study topics (numbers correspond to the committee's list): combining Title 39 chapters 15 and 16 (sales and use tax) (2); electronic filing and allowing certain digital notices from the Department of Revenue (3 and 21); property tax appeal process enhancements (4); property purchase and data‑collection improvements for CAMA (5); sales tax distribution and sourcing (6); alternative/alternate revenue streams and generation/distribution (7); broad tax‑structure review (8); continued review of tax exemption reporting and current exemptions (10); property tax reform options (11); fair‑market value implementation (12); governmental property tax exemptions (16); implementation of Amendment A (17); economic‑incentive tax exemption reporting (18); and electricity taxation options (19).
The committee declined or removed several topics: the committee did not advance topic 1 (federal 501(c) matters), declined topic 13 (a child tax credit proposal) in that venue, and removed a few items the members agreed were more properly handled by other committees or not suitable for the revenue interim. Topic 9 (sales tax collection on ATVs and similar vehicles) was discussed as a sales‑tax sourcing and distribution issue; after departmental explanation and committee discussion it was kept on the list but assigned lower priority.
Committee members used voice and hand votes; no recorded roll‑call vote with individual tallies appears in the transcript. The committee directed staff and the Department of Revenue to prepare briefing materials and real‑world examples for the approved studies and to coordinate with the Legislative Service Office on statutory drafting as needed.
