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Senate panel amends property-tax overhaul, votes on amendment and orders revised fiscal note

Senate Local Government
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Summary

Lawmakers debated Senate Bill 32, a wide-ranging property-tax proposal. The committee adopted amendment 001 (adjusting various class rates and restoring some statutory language) by roll-call, rejected a second amendment intended to limit local mill-effects, and then voted to request an amended fiscal note before taking further action.

Senate Bill 32, a substantial property-tax rewrite, drew extended debate in the Senate Local Government committee. Sponsors and staff said the bill would revise tax rates for several property classes, provide definitions, and change local levy limits. Lawmakers expressed concern about distributional effects, local-government fiscal impacts, and the uncertainty in the implementation and fiscal…

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