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Subcommittee advances Budget Implementation Act after removing recurring tire-tax language
Summary
House Bill 1408, the Budget Implementation Act (BAMP), moved to full Finance after the committee adopted amendments and removed language that would have made a recurring statutory change reallocating tire tax revenue to TDOT.
The Finance, Ways and Means Subcommittee on April 15 voted unanimously to advance House Bill 1408, the Budget Implementation Act, to the full Finance committee after adopting two amendments.
Chairman Hicks described the two amendments as the administration amendment and a legislative amendment and explained that the BAMP contains statutory language needed to implement the FY26 budget. "The BAMP makes the statutory changes needed to implement the budget," Chairman Hicks said.
Chairman Hicks told members that one provision in amendment 1 would have made a recurring statutory change reallocating revenues from the tire tax from the general fund to TDOT. Following legal advice, amendment 2 removed that recurring language and the reallocation will be pursued instead as an amendment to a separate bill carried by Chairman Hawk. "We got good legal advice that it is more appropriate to accomplish this by amending a bill... amendment 2 actually removes that language from amendment 1," Chairman Hicks said.
The clerk recorded a 13-0 vote to advance HB1408 to full Finance.
Why it matters: The BAMP makes statutory changes required to implement the enacted budget. The committee's decision to remove tire-tax reallocation language indicates the change will be pursued through separate legislation rather than a recurring statute within the implementation act.
What comes next: HB1408 will be considered by the full Finance committee; the separate vehicle for the tire-tax reallocation was described as forthcoming and to be carried by Chairman Hawk.
