Committee forwards HCR 42 signaling intent to offset certain transportation tax increases if new revenue sources materialize; debate highlights funding and uses

The House Committee on Rules voted on June 24, 2025 to advance House Concurrent Resolution 42 to the House floor with a recommendation that it be adopted. The resolution, as presented by committee staff member Melissa, states that "when new funding sources, including but not limited to a cap and invest program, are enacted and operative, it is the intent of the Legislative Assembly to reduce or phase out the increases to the privilege tax and privilege use tax, the increase to the tax on wages for transit, and the transfer tax and transfer use tax imposed under" the statutes cited in the resolution.

The committee’s discussion focused on what the resolution’s language signals about future revenue use and on clarifying which taxes are eligible for state highway fund uses. Vice Chair Draisen said he could not support the resolution and described it as…