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Bill would let local governments impose 0.1% sales-tax credit to fund commissioned officers, boost police academy classes
Summary
Senate Bill 5285 would let cities and counties adopt a 0.1 percentage-point sales-and-use tax credited against the state rate to fund additional commissioned law enforcement officers and would require the Criminal Justice Training Commission to expand basic academy classes beginning fiscal 2026.
Senate Bill 5285, presented at a Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs Committee hearing, would allow cities and counties to impose a 0.1 percentage-point local sales-and-use tax, credited against the state tax, to raise revenue dedicated to employing additional commissioned law enforcement officers. The bill would also require the Criminal Justice Training Commission (CJTC) to provide at least 27 Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) classes beginning in fiscal 2026 and 28 classes beginning in fiscal 2027.
Committee staff said the tax is credited against the state rate so consumers would not face an additional total sales-tax increase; if both a county and a city adopt the tax, the city’s share must be credited against the county. The bill allows…
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