Tax reform committee adopts 60‑day payment deadline, advances committee substitute 8‑0

The Special Committee on Tax Reform adopted an amendment that requires payment to a person entitled to funds within 60 days and added a 30‑day notification requirement, then voted unanimously to advance a House Committee substitute.

Representative Trisha Burns, who identified herself as representing District 63, introduced the amendment, describing it as a two‑line change to replace the phrase "as soon as practicable" with firm timing. "This makes sure we put into law that they need to be paid within 60 days," she said.

Committee members responded favorably. One member said adding a timeline "helps," and another raised whether a 30‑day payment window might be preferable but questioned whether counties were set up for that timeline. A clarification during discussion confirmed the amendment contains two changes: notification procedures within 30 days and payment within 60 days.

The committee adopted the amendment by voice vote. The chair then moved to roll the amendment into the House Committee substitute and to adopt that substitute; members voted in favor. The following roll call on the House Committee substitute recorded affirmative votes from Chairman Coleman, Vice Chair Simmons, Ranking Member Strickler, Representative Butz, Christ, Job, Keithley and Boucher, and the chair announced the outcome as "by your vote of 8 yes and 0 nos, you have voted that House Committee sub do pass."

The transcript contains inconsistent references to the bill number earlier in the meeting; the committee advanced the House Committee substitute as recorded at the roll call. With no further business, the chair closed the executive session and adjourned.

The committee's action sends the committee substitute forward for the next steps in the legislative process.