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Committee passes House File 100 as amended to Ways and Means after extended debate on Social Security tax exemption
Summary
After an extended public hearing with dozens of speakers and several public witnesses, the House Tax Committee approved House File 100 as amended and moved it to Ways and Means by roll call (12 yes, 10 no, 1 absent). The bill would eliminate state income taxation on federally taxable Social Security benefits.
Representative Dan Repinski introduced House File 100, which would provide a full state income tax subtraction for federally taxable Social Security benefits. The committee received extensive testimony from members of the public, advocacy groups and nonpartisan staff before passing the bill, as amended, to the Ways and Means Committee on a roll call vote.
Nonpartisan staff explained an amendment (A1) that reinserts a definition of "Social Security benefits" by reference to the Internal Revenue Code. House Research described the oral amendment as re‑introducing existing language that defines the phrase for the…
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