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HB 4084A advanced with dash‑a14; committee supports fast‑track permitting, industrial site funding, enterprise‑zone changes
Summary
The House Committee on Revenue adopted dash‑a14 and moved HB 40 84 A to the floor with a due-pass recommendation and a subsequent referral to Ways and Means; the bill would fast‑track permitting, appropriate $40 million to an industrial site loan fund, and alter enterprise‑zone designation and property‑tax exemption rules.
The House Committee on Revenue adopted dash‑a14 to House Bill 40 84 A and advanced the bill to the floor with a due-pass recommendation and a subsequent referral to the Ways and Means Committee on Feb. 19, 2026. Chair Nathanson opened the work session and an unidentified presenter summarized three main parts of the bill: changes to the state permitting process (sections 1–6), a $40,000,000 appropriation to the industrial site loan fund (sections 16–17), and revisions to the standard enterprise zone exemption (sections 7–15).
The presenter said the enterprise‑zone changes would replace area‑median‑income and unemployment thresholds with a requirement that a city or county demonstrate a need for economic development in the area; the bill would expand potentially eligible business operations to include certain retail, fulfillment centers and household sales when requested by a zone sponsor, and alter the property‑tax exemption timing and flexible hiring timeline criteria. The dash‑a14 amendment caps additional exemption years at 10 and removes some capital‑intensity, productivity and revenue‑growth criteria from hiring-timeline flexibility.
Representative Smith supported the amendment but cautioned that fast‑track permitting can strain local infrastructure — "when you fast track permitting processes, it creates challenges for our school districts and our hospitals and our road departments" — and noted the $40,000,000 appropriation is modest compared with project scales. Representative Raschke offered several additional amendment ideas she filed but said she would support dash‑a14 as a start.
The committee voted to adopt the dash‑a14 amendments and then voted to advance HB 40 84 A as amended to the floor with a due-pass recommendation and prior referral to Ways and Means; Chair Nathanson announced the motions passed. The committee noted that the bill will be referred to Ways and Means and that further work and oversight will continue as projects and permitting proceed.
(Reporter’s note: the transcript supplies the committee discussion and chair’s announcements; for official roll‑call tallies and fiscal-note detail consult the committee minutes and the bill's fiscal documents.)
