House Revenue and Taxation committee introduces RS 32672, a trailer bill to recent tax-relief measures

BOISE — The Idaho House Revenue and Taxation Committee voted Monday to introduce RS 32672, a measure Representative Jeff Ehlers described as a “trailer bill” that makes technical corrections to earlier tax-relief packages and adds other tax-related provisions.

Representative Jeff Ehlers, R.-District 21 (Meridian), told the committee RS 32672 “does a few things. It's really a trailer bill to House Bill 40, our income tax relief package, and House Bill 304, our property tax relief package that the body passed earlier.” He said the draft contains technical clarifications and some additional tax-related items and asked that the committee simply introduce the measure now and schedule a full hearing later.

After Ehlers’ presentation, he moved to introduce RS 32672. Chairman Cannon called the motion, the committee voted by voice and the motion carried; the clerk recorded no roll-call tally. Earlier in the brief session, the committee approved minutes from March 7 on a motion by Representative Bruce; that motion also passed by voice vote. Representative Monk used the floor to welcome Representative Weber, who was then recognized for her first committee vote. The committee adjourned and planned to meet the following day.

Discussion in the March 17 hearing was limited to Ehlers’ introduction; committee members did not debate the substance of the RS during the session and no amendments or substantive changes were proposed. Ehlers asked for a separate full hearing to review the bill’s technical corrections and additions in detail, which is the next procedural step before committee consideration.

RS 32672 was introduced; no committee vote on the measure’s content took place at the March 17 meeting and no effective dates, fiscal notes, or amendment language were presented during the session.