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Senate committee advances a slate of bills in voice votes; SB386 pulled after DFA questions
Summary
The Senate Revenue & Tax Committee approved a series of Senate bills by voice vote and pulled SB386 for further review after Department of Finance and Administration staff raised concerns about repealing an annual report requirement on federal tax changes.
The Senate Revenue & Tax Committee approved a series of Senate bills by voice vote and pulled one measure (SB386) from consideration after a sustained exchange with Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) staff about the bill's effect on reporting federal tax changes to the legislature.
Sen. Crowell presented a slate of bills that the committee moved through quickly after staff and agency review; for most measures the transcript records a motion, a second and unanimous voice approval with no recorded opposition. Bills reported do pass in the meeting by voice include SB 379, SB 380, SB 381, SB 382, SB 384, SB 378, SB 383, SB 387, SB 389 and SB 385. Where recorded, motions were moved and seconded by committee members (motions frequently moved by Sen. Hester and seconded by Sen. Petty or Sen. Key); votes were taken by voice with no opposition recorded in the transcript.
Sen. Dismayne questioned SB386 and asked DFA to the table. Paul Gearing of DFA explained the department continuously monitors changes in the federal Internal Revenue Code and sometimes proposes legislation to conform to federal changes, but said the bill would repeal an existing statutory requirement that DFA submit an annual report to the General Assembly summarizing federal income tax changes. Dismayne and other senators expressed concern that removing the required report would leave the legislature without a routine, comprehensive summary and would shift the burden to legislators to request information.
Gearing told the committee DFA staff would continue to monitor federal changes and remain available to provide information on request, but the committee recorded that the statutory report could not be located as last produced and that DFA likely could provide summaries when requested rather than send an automatic annual report. Sen. Patty recommended pulling SB386 from the consent slate for further review; the transcript records that SB386 was pulled down for later consideration.
The committee also noted that HB1534 was skipped at this time, and SB75 was left on the agenda to carry forward to the next week. The meeting adjourned after the slate of passed bills and the items pulled for further work were addressed.
Votes at a glance (committee action recorded in transcript): - SB 379 — Committee: do pass (voice vote; no opposition recorded). - SB 380 — Committee: do pass (voice vote; no opposition recorded). - SB 381 — Committee: do pass (voice vote; no opposition recorded). - SB 382 — Committee: do pass (voice vote; no opposition recorded). - SB 384 — Committee: do pass (voice vote; no opposition recorded). - SB 378 — Committee: do pass (voice vote; no opposition recorded). - SB 383 — Committee: do pass (voice vote; no opposition recorded). - SB 387 — Committee: do pass (voice vote; no opposition recorded). - SB 389 — Committee: do pass (voice vote; no opposition recorded). - SB 385 — Committee: do pass (voice vote; no opposition recorded). - SB 386 — Pulled from consideration for further review (concerns about repealing DFA's statutory annual report on federal income tax law changes). - HB 1534 — Skipped for now (no action recorded in this meeting). - SB 75 — Carried forward/postponed (left on the agenda for the next week).
No members of the public are recorded in the transcript as offering testimony for or against the bills on the consent slate during this meeting.
