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House panel accepts amendment to remove 'marriage penalty' from House Bill 22
Summary
The House Ways and Means Committee accepted an amendment to House Bill 22 that removes a marriage-penalty provision and allows a surviving spouse to maintain a tax exemption through the year of death for specified 10-year periods.
The House Ways and Means Committee accepted an amendment to House Bill 22 that its sponsor said specifically removes a “marriage penalty” and allows a surviving spouse to maintain an exemption through the year of their death for specified 10-year periods.
The change was introduced by Vice Chair Thomas as Amendment AM1360516 during the bill’s sixth hearing and briefly explained to the committee. "This explicitly removes that marriage penalty from the bill," Vice Chair Thomas said when asked to explain the amendment.
Committee members raised no objections. Chair Romer asked whether anyone present wished to testify; seeing none, the committee proceeded to the motion. "Seeing no objections, the amendment is accepted," Chair Romer said, concluding the sixth hearing on House Bill 22.
The committee did not take a recorded roll-call vote on the amendment; acceptance was announced after no members objected and no additional testimony was offered. No further action or next steps on the bill were recorded during this portion of the hearing.
The record shows the amendment was adopted by voice/consensus at the hearing; the bill remains subject to future committee or floor action as determined by its sponsors and by committee scheduling.
