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Committee removes electricity tax provision from proposed transportation trust fund bill

House of Representatives Committee on Transportation (and related panels) · February 12, 2026
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Summary

Committee members adopted a sponsor amendment that strips the provision in HB322 that would have taken 1% of gross receipts from electricity sales to seed a proposed Transportation Trust Fund; the amended bill was advanced from committee.

Chair Dela Cruz opened the session and the committee took up House Bill 322, a proposal to create a transportation trust fund. A sponsor introduced an amendment that "simply strikes section 3 of house bill 3 22," removing a proposed 1% gross‑receipts tax on electricity sales that would have fed the fund.

After brief discussion and a motion to discuss, the committee adopted the amendment…

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