Finance and Taxation committee advances amended property tax bill, sends HB1168 to appropriations

The Senate Finance and Taxation Committee voted to give House Bill 1168 a "due pass" and re-refer it to the Appropriations Committee after agreeing to a set of amendments that add a disclosure for voter-approved levy 2109 on property tax statements, expand the bill's property-class language and change several reporting deadlines, Chairman Weber said.

The amendments require that property tax statements show the mill levy tied to the local school bond (identified in committee materials as levy 2109), add commercial, centrally assessed and non-primary residential categories to legislative intent language, and adjust multiple statutory deadline dates to May 31 or April 1 where noted. The committee also agreed that remaining concerns about school funding calculations should be addressed in conference…