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House Appropriations Committee unanimously advances bills on firefighter awards, heirs' property
Summary
The House Appropriations Committee on bills HB1306 and HB1498 — which would exempt volunteer firefighter length-of-service awards from taxable income and add a state chapter for the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act — voted to refer both bills to the full House unanimously after a staff overview and brief discussion.
The House Appropriations Committee voted unanimously to refer House Bill 1306 and House Bill 1498 to the full House after a brief staff overview and limited discussion.
The committee’s executive director summarized the two bills for members. The executive director said House Bill 1306 would amend the Tax Reform Code to exclude “contributions, as well as distributions to volunteer firefighter length of service awards from income.” The executive director said House Bill 1498 would amend the consolidated statutes’ code by adding a chapter entitled the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act.
Representative (Republican member) said the Republican members did not see a significant fiscal impact and that Republicans would vote in the affirmative. Representative (Democratic member) said Democrats would also vote in the affirmative, and the committee referred both bills to the floor unanimously.
The committee noted the bills will proceed to the full House for further consideration; no amendments or vote tallies by individual members were recorded in the committee transcript.
The record shows Representatives Mullins and Cazarescu were present during the vote, but neither is recorded as speaking on the bills during this committee meeting.
