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Senate committee agrees to print proposal extending child tax credit to pregnant people

2551636 · February 4, 2025
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The Senate Local Government and Taxation Committee voted to print RS32190, a proposal to extend Idaho's existing child tax credit to pregnant persons; sponsors said the proposal would recognize pregnancy-related costs and could be claimed by dependents or the taxpayer who claims them. Fiscal-note assumptions cited March of Dimes birth data.

Senators on the Idaho Senate Local Government and Taxation Committee voted to print RS32190 on Feb. 4, a proposed measure that would extend the state's existing child tax credit to people who are pregnant.

Senator Ben Toews, who introduced the filing, told the committee, “And before you is RS32190. This is, the preborn child tax credit.” He said the proposal “recognizes that there's costs associated with the pregnancy” and described the change as a way for the Senate to “support” pregnant people…

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