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Committee roundup: multiple bills on small business, sunsets, tax credits and regulations advance
Summary
The Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee considered 16 bills and moved multiple measures — including sunset extensions and professional licensure bills — to the Senate Appropriations Committee or to the floor; this article lists each formal action recorded in committee.
The Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee met April 28 and moved a package of bills covering small business, professional licensing sunset extensions, tax and trade studies, and regulatory updates.
Key outcomes recorded in committee action (motions and recorded votes):
- SB 656 (small business liaison) — advanced; item left on call pending absent‑member confirmations (committee recorded a passing tally and staff left item on call). - SB 370 (Music Festival Preservation Grant Program) — advanced to Senate Appropriations Committee. - SB 774 (Department of Real Estate / Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers sunset extension) — passed to the Senate floor (committee vote recorded as passed). - SB 775 (Board of Behavioral Sciences and Board of Psychology sunset extension) — passed as amended to Senate Appropriations Committee. - SB 776 (Board of Optometry sunset extension) — passed as amended to Senate Appropriations Committee. - SB 788 (Tax Preparation Act exemption for CPAs and CPA firms) — passed as amended to Senate Appropriations Committee. - SB 263 (tariffs impact study) — advanced to Senate Appropriations Committee. - SB 756 (Film Tax Credit Accountability and Equity Act) — advanced to Senate Appropriations Committee. - SB 314 (EV charger testing/compliance) — advanced to Senate Appropriations Committee with direction to continue work with weights‑and‑measures officials. - SB 576 (CALM Modernization Act — streaming ad loudness parity) — passed to the Senate floor.
Consent items on the agenda were taken and left on call where needed; several committee bills extending board sunsets and making technical changes were approved with bipartisan support and moved forward for fiscal review or to the floor as noted.
Several items will require further amendments in Appropriations or between hearings to address fiscal, technical and implementation questions. Committee clerks recorded votes on each item and left multiple items on call for absent members to confirm final tallies where applicable.
