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Conference panel negotiates protest-petition threshold and exceptions for vetoed tax bill framework
Summary
Members proposed using the vetoed framework of House Bill 2745 in shell 2043, reinstating four House exceptions (debt service, new construction, jurisdictional territory, recapture of incentives), and debated setting the protest petition at 10% of the Secretary of State's last election with a 3% CPI cap.
A committee member proposed taking the framework of vetoed House Bill 2745 into empty shell 2043, reinstating four House exceptions and adjusting the protest-petition threshold.
The member said the House exceptions to be added are debt-service payments (bonding), new construction, jurisdictional-territory changes (for annexations), and the ability to capture new incentives when previously granted incentives expire. On protest petitions, the member described several previous formulations: 10% of registered voters, 10% of the Secretary of State's last election, and a 5% floor-amendment figure. The committee proposed "go back to 10% but it's 10% of the Secretary of State's last election," and also kept a revenue-neutral approach with a Midwest CPI cap "up to 3%," after which a protest petition could be filed.
The speaker noted school districts would be excluded from the provision. One ranking member said they would not sign the compromise and that the parties would "agree to disagree" on that item, but members otherwise agreed to accept the package so the conference could make progress. Revisers will produce language for review before formal sign-off.
