House Finance - 1/27/2026 8:00 AM

House Finance Committee · January 27, 2026

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Briefing and hearing on HB 2175 — exemption for free durable medical equipment providers

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Staff Christina King summarized House Bill 2175, which would exempt providers of free durable medical equipment (DME) from retail sales and use tax on items reasonably necessary for their operations; fiscal staff estimated the bill would affect ~700 taxpayers and reduce the state general fund by about $7,000 in the current biennium and ~$33,000 in 27-29; Rep. Mark Clicker (prime sponsor) described the charitable need and urged support; Jerry Rhodes (founder/volunteer CEO of a nonprofit DME provider) testified about 29 years of service, thousands of devices redistributed, and an estimated $4,0

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House Finance Committee hearing on 2026-01-27 considered multiple tax and housing bills, including exemptions for charitable durable medical equipment (HB 2175), targeted urban area tax adjustments for nuclear projects (HB 2608), REIT exemptions for affordable housing (HB 2227), local REIT implementation (HB 2528), QSBS/capital gains treatment (HB 2292), and technical tax/code fixes (HB 2257).

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