Tax Committee confirms House bill version, will announce meeting on Senate Bill 82

Tax Committee confirms House bill version, will announce meeting on Senate Bill 82

The Committee on Taxation confirmed it will use the House-passed version of House Bill 02/1935 for its work and said staff will announce a meeting to review Senate Bill 82, members said during a brief procedural discussion.

Committee leaders sought to ensure staff was clear on which bill text the committee would consider and confirmed the nonprofit name that appears on the bill. No formal vote or final action on either bill took place during the exchange.

Committee on Taxation Chair opened the discussion by signaling a willingness to move forward despite differing personal views, saying, "we will have to do an agree to disagree. No, I'm kidding. Notwithstanding my own personal opinion on this, we'll, we'll, go ahead and move forward if that's acceptable for you." The chair then asked staff to confirm which version of the bill the committee should use.

A committee staff member replied that the version being proposed was the version "passed by the House Committee," and the chair confirmed the staff should use House Bill 02/1935. The chair also said he had checked the bill text and confirmed the nonprofit named on the bill as "Hunter Nation Foundation, Inc."

Members discussed whether to schedule a separate meeting to review Senate Bill 82. No date was set; the chair suggested announcing from the floor when the committee would meet to consider the bill. The staff member and the chair agreed that staff had the clarification they needed and that an announcement would follow.

Because the exchange was procedural, the committee did not take a formal vote or adopt any amendments during the discussion. The immediate next step is for committee staff to make a public announcement about when the committee will convene to examine Senate Bill 82 and to proceed using the House-passed text of HB 02/1935 for ongoing work.