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The committee recorded the following outcomes on Feb. 7. Motions, amendments and outcomes are summarized from the hearing record.
HB1405 — Chair’s recommendation to pass with amendments (HD1) adopted. Amendments: expand streamlined-permit eligibility to applicants with one state and one county permit; add annual DBEDT reporting; committee note added for 1 FTE and a $125,000 appropriation placeholder. Vote: Chair’s recommendation adopted; Representative Tam noted as excused.
HB1406 — Chair’s recommendation to pass with amendments (HD1) adopted. Amendments: move intergovernmental permit-simplification task force to the Legislature; add speaker-appointed member to chair task force; committee note appropriation placeholder inserted.
HB1407 — Chair’s recommendation to pass with amendments (HD1) adopted. Amendments: convert grant to an RFP; require recipient match (1-to-5 example discussed); put appropriation placeholder; defective effective date to be corrected.
HB796 — Chair’s recommendation to pass with amendments (HD1) adopted. The chair said the bill would be placed to allow Finance to review fiscal impacts; several members recorded votes with reservations during the roll call.
HB303 — Chair’s recommendation to pass with amendments (HD1) adopted. Committee accepted Department of Taxation suggested amendments 1–9 and technical edits; defective effective date to be fixed.
HB577 — Chair’s recommendation to pass with amendments (HD1) adopted. Committee agreed to adopt DOTAX technical suggestions and to blank the percentage of any tax credit in committee notes for further study.
HB949 — Chair’s recommendation to pass with amendments (HD1) adopted. Committee accepted DOTAX language changes to reporting deadlines and administrative definitions and set the effective date to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2025.
HB933 and HB959 — Deferred for further work and fiscal analysis. The chair said additional analysis and stakeholder review are required before advancing these broad tax-reform measures.
HB454 — Chair’s recommendation to pass with amendments (HD1) adopted; vice-chair proposed adding import-substitution and import-replacement goals to the bill.
HB1176 — Chair’s recommendation to pass with amendments (HD1) adopted; technical and appropriation placeholders noted.
HB546 — Chair’s recommendation to pass as HD1 adopted.
HB1370 — Chair’s recommendation to pass with amendments (HD1) adopted; staff directed to correct defective effective date and technical edits.
HB1372 — Chair’s recommendation to pass with amendments (HD1) adopted.
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