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Senate Tax Committee clears some measures, tables others in executive action session
Summary
The Senate Tax Committee considered a slate of bills in executive action, approving several to move forward and tabling others after tie or procedural votes. Key measures included property-tax rate adjustments, a proposal on digital advertising tax, and allocation changes to the coal severance trust.
The Senate Tax Committee conducted an executive-action session that considered a sequence of bills on property-tax rates, tax allocation and other fiscal issues. Committee members carried votes and amendments across a broad docket; several bills were advanced while others were tabled after ties or objections.
Votes at a glance
- Senate Bill 189 (property tax rates for residential, commercial and agricultural classes): A motion for due pass produced a 4–4 tie on roll call and the bill was subsequently tabled by the committee.
- Senate Bill 192 (digital advertising tax threshold): The committee considered the bill but moved to table it during executive action.
- Senate Bill 237 (directs the Revenue Interim Committee to consider revising property-tax rates based on the tax-neutrality report): Committee adopted an amendment and approved the bill as amended on a voice vote.
- Senate Bill 247 (shooting-range exemption technical changes): Committee adopted a clarifying amendment addressing exemptions and safety-zone language, then approved the bill as amended on a voice vote.
- Senate Bill 267 (charitable contribution tax credit technical changes): After adopting an amendment that addressed pass-through and deduction add-back technicalities, the bill resulted in a tie vote and was tabled.
- Senate Bill 339 (severance tax / allocation to damage mitigation): The committee moved the bill forward on a voice vote.
- Senate Bill 343 (amendments to allocations tied to coal severance revenues): Multiple amendments were considered; the committee approved the bill as amended and it moved out of committee.
- Senate Bill 409 (lodging-tax allocation revisions): An amendment restoring a 1% roadside-historical-sign allocation was adopted and the bill passed as amended.
- House bills on the agenda (concurrence/technical): The committee moved concurrence or due-pass actions on several house measures, including House Bill 108 (technical repeal related to valuation manuals), House Bill 91 (electronic notice option for Department of Revenue communications), and House Bill 161 (account-type clarification); those measures were advanced in executive action.
Several measures advanced with voice votes; where recorded roll-call votes occurred they are noted below. Committee discussion included technical cleanup amendments, allocation adjustments for trust and fund accounts, and concerns about long-term trust preservation versus near-term program funding.
Key procedural outcomes and next steps
- Bills tabled after tie or objections (notably SB 189 and SB 267) may be reintroduced or restored by motion in future executive action.
- Bills approved by voice vote will be carried to the next stage per legislative procedure; committee staff noted when technical fixes or fiscal notes required coordination with the legislative fiscal division or the Department of Revenue.
- Committee members signaled continuing attention to how property-tax relief proposals would interact with other rate changes and with general-fund revenue choices.
