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House Committee on Taxation approves introductions for multiple tax-related bills at first 2026 meeting
Summary
At its first tax meeting of the 2026 session, the House Committee on Taxation approved a set of bill requests introducing proposals on natural-gas storage classification for property tax, adding CNG/LNG to a vehicle-fuel tax credit, authority for local food sales tax reductions, senior homestead base-year protections, limits on health-care property exemptions, and related tax cleanups.
The House Committee on Taxation convened its first tax meeting of the 2026 legislative session and, without objection, approved a slate of bill requests introducing a range of tax changes.
Representative Hohisel introduced three requests on behalf of Catalyst and himself: RS 26RS2702, described as concerned with property taxation and proposing that certain natural-gas storage facilities not be classified as public utilities for property-tax purposes; RS 26RS2604, to add compressed natural gas and liquefied natural gas to the list of alternative fuels eligible for an income-tax credit for alternative-fueled motor-vehicle property expenditures; and a third request (transcription shows RS number 262666) to authorize cities and counties to adopt a local ordinance setting the local sales tax on food to 0% where a…
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