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Senate passes measure exempting certain National Guard pay from state income tax
Summary
Senate committee substitute for Senate Bill 163, to exempt state active-duty and state emergency duty pay for National Guard members from state income tax, passed on third reading with unanimous support by the roll in the provided excerpt.
Senate committee substitute for Senate Bill 163, sponsored by the senator from the 20th District, was taken up for third reading and final passage and passed on the floor.
The sponsor told the Senate the bill "exempts military pay from state active duty and state emergency duty from income tax" and called it "a great way to say thank you to our men and women in uniform." He then renewed his motion for third reading and final passage and opened for questions.
A floor exchange showed senators asking whether traditional vote-whipping had occurred; the sponsor said staff had "whipped" some votes but he had not counted to 18. After debate the clerk called the roll. The record shows the clerk and presiding officer changed some votes during the roll call so that the final recorded vote on the motion was 32 ayes and 0 noes. The chair declared the third-reading motion passed.
The record given includes statements from the sponsor describing the scope of the exemption (state active duty and state emergency duty pay) and a floor colloquy about vote preparation; it does not show implementation dates beyond the bill title and does not include fiscal estimates in the excerpt.
