House Tax panel lays over bill to exempt half of in-home childcare property market value

The House Tax Committee on Feb. 27 laid over House File 633 for possible inclusion in the omnibus tax bill, a proposal that would create a new property‑tax market‑value exclusion for licensed in‑home family child‑care providers.

Representative Nadeau, the bill’s author, told the committee House File 633 “is a simple direct bill that lowers costs for family care providers. It reduces childcare wait times and it builds child care early learning system capacity.” The bill would reduce the taxable market value of qualifying properties by 50 percent, the author said.

The proposal drew sustained questions from committee members about whether the exclusion would actually lower childcare prices and how the state would prevent abuse. Representative Hansen asked, “what about in this bill is gonna…