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Proposal would create tax subtraction to reward volunteer firefighters and EMS workers; committee hears bill
Summary
Senate File 431 would allow a state income tax subtraction for volunteer first responders — $10,000 per individual and $20,000 for married couples where both volunteer — and the committee received substantial discussion about scale, fiscal cost, and targeting to rural Minnesota before laying the bill over for omnibus consideration.
Senate File 431, carried by Senator Dan Draheim, would provide a state income tax subtraction for volunteer first responders to help recruit and retain volunteer firefighters and emergency medical personnel, especially in rural areas. The proposal sets a $10,000 subtraction for qualifying individual volunteers and $20,000 for married couples if both spouses volunteer.
Draheim framed the bill as an equity and…
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