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Votes at a glance: Senate Tax committee (March 11, 2025)
Summary
A summary list of committee actions and recorded votes from the March 11 Senate Tax, Business & Transportation Committee meeting.
The Senate Tax, Business & Transportation Committee considered a range of bills on March 11, 2025. This roundup lists each bill discussed in committee that received a recorded outcome or committee action, with vote tallies where the committee recorded a roll call.
- SB 401 (Education technology / Office of Broadband) — Committee recommendation: do pass (6 yes, 3 no). - SB 277 (Insurance holding company regulation; OSI bill) — Committee action: due pass as amended (unanimous; no recorded dissent). - SB 320 (Mobile‑home replacement / senior home repair expansion) — Committee action: do pass (9 yes, 0 no); sponsors requested $2 million nonrecurring appropriation for mobile‑home replacements. - SB 481 (State Fairgrounds district) — Committee substitute advanced: do pass (6 yes, 3 no); multiple amendments adopted and committee asked for additional oversight language in later committees. - SB 138 (Legislative retirement distributions / PERA carve‑back) — Committee action: do pass (9 yes, 0 no); - SB 122 (Pharmaceutical donation program — drug redistribution to eligible clinics) — Committee action: do pass as amended (9 yes, 0 no). - SB 80 (Medigap birthday‑rule open enrollment) — Committee action: do pass (6 yes, 3 no). - HB 36 (Optometry credentialing to perform certain laser procedures) — Committee action: do pass (9 yes, 0 no) — bill delegates credentialing standards to Optometry Board. - HB 218 (Tax code cleanup / TID baseline waivers & small‑taxpayer filing frequency) — Committee action: do pass (9 yes, 0 no) as amended; amendment added TID waiver and annual filing option for small taxpayers and removed language on skim oil for further interim discussion. - HB 198 (Tax penalties cleanup) — Committee action: do pass (9 yes, 0 no). - SB 323 (Horse racing / simulcast and horsemen recognition) — Committee action: held for further study (no recorded committee vote to advance).
Notes: Several bills were advanced unanimously on committee voice or roll call votes; where committee recorded votes they are listed above. Some complex or potentially revenue‑reducing measures (notably the State Fairgrounds district and the horse racing measure) generated requests for additional drafting, fiscal and legal review before final floor action.
