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House passes amended bill expanding uses of local sales tax for affordable housing after debate over rental assistance
Summary
The House adopted an amended version of Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill 60-27, expanding allowable uses of certain local sales-and-use taxes for affordable housing. Members debated an amendment that would explicitly allow rental assistance, which failed, before the bill passed by 61-34 (3 excused).
The House advanced and then passed Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill 60-27, an act to modify funding and exemptions tied to providing and maintaining affordable housing and related services, after adopting a finance committee amendment and rejecting a scope amendment. The chair declared the measure passed after a roll-call vote of 61 yays, 34 nays and 3 excused.
The debate focused on an amendment (No. 2407) that would have clarified that sales-and-use-tax proceeds could…
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