House committee advances substitute merging House Bill 17 68 and 2060

The Special Committee on Property Tax Reform on Monday adopted a committee amendment and substitute that merges House Bill 17 68 and House Bill 2060 and voted the resulting substitute 'due pass.' Chair Taylor moved the motion in executive session and the committee adopted the Senate-styled amendment and rolled it into a new substitute before voting.

Committee members conducted a roll-call vote after the substitute was adopted. The clerk reported a final tally of 12 yes, 0 no and 3 present; the chair announced, 'You have due passed.' The transcript shows the committee acted procedurally to combine the two bills and advance the substitute to the next stage in the legislative process.

Committee discussion before the votes was limited and largely procedural; the amendment was described on the floor as 'melding these 2 bills together, bringing them together as 1.' The committee did not record substantive debate in the transcript on the policy details of the merged substitute during the meeting.

With the committee's vote, the committee substitute for House Bill 17 68 and 2060 will move forward in the legislative process. The committee did not record additional commitments, amendments, or implementation directions in the transcript.

The committee proceeded to consider other measures after the vote.