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Finance, Ways and Means committee advances five bills to calendar and rules
Summary
The Finance, Ways and Means Committee took up five bills March 2025 and sent each forward to the full chambercalendar and rules committee, recording unanimous or near-unanimous tallies on routine procedural votes.
The Finance, Ways and Means Committee on March 2025 voted to send five measures to calendar and rules, committee leaders said.
House Bill 103, sponsored by Chairlady Littleton, would expand the state—s extension-of-foster-care program to include young people under 23 (up from under 21), make youth who achieved permanency between ages 16 and 18 eligible, remove fees for driver—s permits and photo identification for eligible youth, and establish a permanent foster-care youth outreach liaison program. The committee voted 21-0 to move HB 103 to calendar and rules.
House Joint Resolution 17, introduced on behalf of Representative Kalman, urges the U.S. Congress to adopt a federal consumption-based tax (the Fair Tax approach) that would eliminate federal income tax and collect tax at the point of purchase. Committee members debated distributional effects; the committee sent HJR 17 to calendar and rules by a 19-3-1 vote.
House Bill 115, sponsored by Leader Lambert, was described as a technical correction to a criminal-code issue created last year by franchise and excise legislation. The committee moved HB 115 to calendar and rules, 23-0.
House Bill 1133, sponsored by Chairman Boyd, would add nuclear energy production facilities to the definition of "certified green energy production facility" in the tax code. The committee advanced HB 1133 to calendar and rules (23 ayes, 1 present-not-voting).
House Bill 120, sponsored by Chairman Halsey, would create a misdemeanor offense for intentionally blocking the Division of Protective Services— ingress or egress while that unit is guarding or escorting a person, and for refusing to vacate an area when ordered. HB 120 moved to calendar and rules on a 24-1 recorded vote.
Votes at a glance: - HB 103 (Littleton): moved to calendar and rules; vote 21-0. - HJR 17 (Kalman): moved to calendar and rules; vote 19-3-1 (present-not-voting). - HB 115 (Lambert): moved to calendar and rules; vote 23-0. - HB 1133 (Boyd): moved to calendar and rules; vote 23 ayes, 1 present-not-voting. - HB 120 (Halsey): moved to calendar and rules; vote 24 ayes, 1 nay.
All five motions were recorded as passing the committee stage and were transmitted to calendar and rules for scheduling on the full chamber docket.
