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Committee adopts amendment to require tax-compliance certificates for state contracts over $250,000; sends HB 4,016 to floor with Ways and Means referral
Summary
The House Committee on Revenue adopted a dash-2 amendment to House Bill 4,016 that clarifies tax-compliance certificate timing and scope for state contracts over $250,000, and moved the bill to the floor with a do-pass recommendation and subsequent referral to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means.
House Committee on Revenue Chair Nathan and the committee adopted the dash-2 amendment to House Bill 4,016 and voted to send the bill to the floor with a do-pass recommendation and a prior subsequent referral to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means.
Staff member Betty told the committee the bill would require anyone contracting with the state for a contract valued over $250,000 to demonstrate compliance with tax laws by obtaining a certificate of tax compliance from the Department of Revenue and that the requirement applies to both businesses and owners. Betty said the dash-2 amendment makes several technical clarifications: it expands the allowable time between issuance of a tax-compliance certificate and entering a contract from 90 days to six months, shortens the Department of Revenue's time to issue certificates from 30 days to 14 days, clarifies that local-government contracts are exempt, and fixes language to include contracts that are exactly $250,000.
An unnamed committee member moved to adopt the dash-2 amendment dated 02/10/2026; Vice Chair Walters made the motion on the record and the chair announced the motion passed and the amendment was adopted. A subsequent motion to move HB 4,016 as amended to the floor with a do-pass recommendation and prior referral to Ways and Means was also made and recorded on the floor.
The committee requested a roll-call vote. The transcript records some vocal responses and a note that one member was excused, but does not provide a complete, unambiguous roll-call tally. Committee members did not debate the amendment's policy changes during the work session after Betty's summary, and Chair Nathan closed the work session.
Because HB 4,016 changes procurement conditions for state contracts, it will advance to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means for further fiscal analysis before the bill can proceed to a final floor vote.
Next procedural step: HB 4,016, as amended, was moved to the floor with a do-pass recommendation and will be considered by Ways and Means for fiscal review.
