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Rep. Spilsbury’s HB 1,800 would convert swept tax to uniform statewide levy and raise base adequacy
Summary
Representative Spilsbury told the House Ways and Means Committee HB 1,800 would turn the swept education property tax into a uniform statewide levy (proposed $5 per $1,000 of equalized value), remit swept receipts to the state, create homeowner exemptions, and raise base adequacy to $10,000 per student plus $4,000 for students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch; DRA and DOE urged technical fixes and recommended work sessions or interim study.
Representative Griffin Spilsbury (Representative) introduced HB 1,800 to the House Ways and Means Committee as a proposal to address wide disparities in property tax rates that fund public education by converting the swept education property tax into a true, uniform statewide levy.
Spilsbury said the bill would replace the current fixed swept figure with a rate-based approach — $5 per $1,000 of equalized value — so the first $5 of a taxpayer’s property tax would flow into a statewide education pool. He said the change is intended to make the swept tax transparent, adjust automatically with changes in property valuations, and restore the pre-2011 practice of sending swept receipts into a central pool rather than allowing some municipalities to retain excess swept funds.
The proposal would also raise the base adequacy payment to $10,000 per ADMR student and add $4,000 for each pupil…
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