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Votes at a glance: key actions from the Senate Revenue & Tax Committee meeting
Summary
Committee recorded votes on a mix of technical and policy bills. House Bill 1443 and several DFA technical bills were passed; higher‑impact revenue bills such as SB545 (remittance fee) and SB337 (border cigarette zones) were not advanced in this hearing.
The Senate Revenue and Tax Committee considered a broad agenda of tax and revenue legislation. The following is a concise list of motions and recorded outcomes during the hearing, as reflected in the committee transcript.
- House Bill 1443: Motion to do pass moved by Senator Caldwell and seconded by Senator Johnson. Committee voted 'aye' and the bill was passed. (Sponsor presentation and Q&A preceded the vote.)
- Senate Bill 545 (remittance transfer fee): Sponsor presented. Public witnesses from immigrant‑serving organizations, business associations and DFA testified. A motion to 'do pass' was made during the hearing but there was no recorded second; the committee did not take a final vote.
- Senate Bill 337 (border city cigarette tax): Sponsor and mayors testified; DFA provided fiscal estimates showing a multi‑million dollar revenue reduction. The committee followed its policy not to vote on bills with fiscal impacts at the hearing and took the bill under consideration (no recorded vote).
- Senate Bill 593 (tax filing deadline bill): Sponsor presented to mirror federal emergency filing extensions; committee members discussed corporation and pass‑through timing. A motion to pass was made, seconded and the committee voted 'aye' (bill passed as recorded in the transcript).
- Senate Bill 528 (DFA programming/maintenance adjustment): DFA revised its fiscal impact and said programming would be covered under an existing contract; the committee expunged an earlier vote, then moved to pass SB528 as amended and recorded an 'aye' vote.
- Multiple DFA technical bills and incentive bills (including bills on wood‑fiber project incentives, charitable event sales exemptions, changes to W‑2 electronic filing thresholds, tax commission enabling legislation and tax‑procedure authority for estimated assessments): Several of these measures were presented by sponsors and DFA, most received committee questions and a number were moved and passed that day; items with fiscal impacts were either deferred or taken up subject to committee procedure.
For many bills the transcript shows movers and seconders by name; where the transcript did not name a mover or seconder that information is recorded as not specified. For a full list of every motion, mover, seconder and vote recorded that day, refer to the committee minutes and the DFA fiscal notes submitted to the committee.
