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Bill:
HB23-1052
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Title: |
Mod Prop Tax Exemption For Veterans With Disab |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/09/2023 | Description | Concerning a requirement that a veteran who has individual employability status be treated equivalently to a veteran who has one hundred percent permanent disability when determining eligibility for any state veterans benefit, and, in connection therewith, expanding eligibility for the property tax exemption for veterans with a disability to include a veteran who does not have a service-connected disability rated as a one hundred percent permanent disability but does have individual unemployability status. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Military & Veterans | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: R. Fields (D) House: R. Marshall (D) | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (01/19/2023) | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Monitor | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The state constitution allows a veteran who has a
service-connected disability rated as a 100% permanent disability to claim a property tax exemption for a portion of the actual value of the veteran's owner-occupied primary residence. The 100% permanent disability requirement can only be changed through a constitutional amendment.
If, at the 2024 general election, the voters of the state approve a
constitutional amendment to expand eligibility for the exemption by allowing a veteran who has individual unemployability status, as determined by the United States department of veterans affairs, to claim the exemption, the bill makes conforming statutory changes to reflect that expansion of the exemption. In most cases, to have individual unemployability status, a veteran must be unable to keep a steady job because the veteran either has at least one service-connected disability rated at 60% or more disabling or has 2 or more service-connected disabilities with at least one disability rated at 40% or more disabling and a combined rating of 70% or more disabling.
The bill also requires a veteran who has individual
unemployability status to be treated equivalently to a veteran who has one hundred percent permanent disability when determining eligibility for any state veterans benefit. Finally, to comply with an existing statutory requirement that people first language be used in new or amended statutes that refer to persons with disabilities, the bill also changes the existing terms disabled veteran and disabled veterans to veteran with a disability and veterans with a disability.
| House Sponsors | R. Marshall (D) | Senate Sponsors | R. Fields (D) | House Committee | State, Civic, Military and Veterans Affairs | Senate Committee | State, Veterans and Military Affairs | Status | Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs (02/02/2023) | Amendments | |
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Bill:
HB23-1054
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Title: |
Property Valuation |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/09/2023 | Description | Concerning real property valuation, and, in connection therewith, extending the property tax reassessment cycle beginning on January 1, 2021, to a four-year cycle; removing the dollar amount reductions to the actual value used for the valuation for assessment of lodging property, improved commercial property, and residential property; maintaining the same assessment rates for all real property besides residential real property in the 2023 and 2024 property tax years; and capping the increase in property values between the 2022 and 2025 property tax years. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Fiscal Policy & Taxes | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: B. Pelton (R) House: L. Frizell (R) | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (03/09/2023) | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Monitor | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | Most real property is reassessed every odd-numbered year. The bill
establishes a one-time exception by making the reassessment cycle beginning on January 1, 2021, a 4-year cycle so that the next reassessment cycle will begin in 2025 instead of 2023.
Under current law, for the 2023 property tax year, the actual value
used for purposes of valuation for assessment is reduced for commercial real property by $30,000 and for residential real property by $15,000. The bill eliminates these reductions.
The bill also sets the assessment rates for nonresidential real
property and multi-family residential real property for the 2024 property tax year, so that they are the same rates as for the 2023 property tax year.
Lastly, the bill ensures that the actual value of property used for
purposes of valuation for assessment does not increase by more than 5% between 2022 and 2025, for property that does not have an unusual condition which results in an increase or decrease in actual value.
| House Sponsors | L. Frizell (R) | Senate Sponsors | B. Pelton (R) | House Committee | Finance | Senate Committee | | Status | House Committee on Finance Postpone Indefinitely (03/09/2023) | Amendments | |
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Bill:
HB23-1066
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Title: |
Public Access Landlocked Publicly Owned Land |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/19/2023 | Description | Concerning authorizing an individual to move between two adjacent parcels of public land that touch at the corners. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Courts & Judicial- Natural Resources & Environment | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate:
House: B. Bradley (R) | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (02/01/2023) | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Monitor | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | Section 1 of the bill authorizes an individual to move from one
corner of public land to another corner of public land where 2 public parcels meet 2 private parcels and share a common border, without being liable for criminal or civil trespass, if:
2 parcels of public land touch so that the individual can
reasonably step from one parcel of public land to the other parcel of public land, or if there's a fence, could make the step as if there were not a fence;
The individual moves over private land only as much as necessary to cross from one parcel of public land to the other;
The individual does not step on or stand on the privately owned land or touch a fence on or other improvement to the privately owned land, but the individual may use mechanical means to move over the privately owned land; and
The individual does not use a vehicle other than a wheelchair to cross over the private land.
This authorization does not apply to the following:
Moving over an improvement to public land that is designed to be occupied by individuals;
Entering public land to use it in a way that violates the law;
Moving over public land that the governing entity has prohibited the general public from entering or has controlled access to.
Section 1 also prohibits a landowner from erecting an
improvement to such a corner that is more than 54 inches high within 4 feet of the corner.
Section 2 requires a court to dismiss a trespass tort if the defendant
has complied with section 1. A successful defendant is awarded costs, including attorney fees.
Section 3 instructs the parks and wildlife commission to
promulgate rules codifying the actions allowed in section 1. The division of parks and wildlife will publicize the rules.
| House Sponsors | B. Bradley (R) | Senate Sponsors | | House Committee | Agriculture, Water and Natural Resources | Senate Committee | | Status | House Committee on Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Appropriations (03/13/2023) | Amendments | |
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Bill:
HB23-1076
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Title: |
Workers' Compensation |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/19/2023 | Description | Concerning workers' compensation, and, in connection therewith, increasing the duration of benefits based on mental impairment, removing the authority to petition over artificial devices, allowing an employee to request a hearing on the loss of total temporary disability benefits under certain circumstances, updating provisions related to independent medical examinations, and increasing the amount of attorney fees that are presumed unreasonable. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Labor & Employment | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate:
House: L. Daugherty (D) | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (01/31/2023) | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Monitor | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | Section 1 of the bill increases the limit on medical impairment
benefits based on mental impairment from 12 weeks to 36 weeks.
Section 2 removes language authorizing an employee to petition
the division of workers' compensation in the department of labor and employment (division) prior to receiving a replacement of any artificial member, glasses, hearing aid, brace, or other external prosthetic device, including dentures.
Section 3 allows an employee to request a hearing when the
employee's temporary total disability benefits end based on an attending physician's written release to return to regular employment.
Section 4 specifies that when a physician recommends medical
benefits after maximum medical improvement, the benefits admitted by the insurer or self-insured employer are not limited to any specific medical treatment.
Current law requires an insurance carrier to provide an
independent medical examiner and all other parties a complete copy of all medical records in its possession pertaining to an injury. Section 5 limits the medical records required to be provided to records relevant to the injury. Section 5 also specifies how the division is required to determine the amount and allocation of costs to be paid by the parties for an independent medical examination.
Section 6 allows a prehearing administrative law judge to issue
interlocutory orders resolving disputes regarding the content and format of the independent medical examiner's medical record packet, indigency status, and the allocation of independent medical examiner costs.
Current law states that a contingent attorney fee exceeding 20% of
the amount of contested benefits is presumed to be unreasonable. Section 7 increases the amount to 25%.
| House Sponsors | L. Daugherty (D) | Senate Sponsors | | House Committee | Business Affairs and Labor | Senate Committee | | Status | House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to Appropriations (02/02/2023) | Amendments | |
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Bill:
HB23-1189
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Title: |
Employer Assistance For Home Purchase Tax Credit |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 02/10/2023 | Description | Concerning an income tax credit for employer assistance to employees in making a home purchase. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Fiscal Policy & Taxes- State Government- State Revenue & Budget | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: R. Zenzinger (D) House: S. Bird (D) | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (02/23/2023) | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Monitor | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill creates a state income tax credit for employers who make
a monetary contribution to an employee for use by the employee in purchasing a primary residence. The amount of the credit allowed is 5% of an employer's contribution to an employee, but the credit is capped at $5,000 per employee per year and an employer cannot receive a credit of more than $750,000 for all contributions made in a year to employees.
The employee must use the money contributed for eligible expenses which include a down payment and closing costs, including fees for appraisals, mortgage origination, and inspections. An employee may authorize their employer to withhold a specified amount of the employee's earnings as an employee contribution into the savings account established by the employer that holds the employer contribution. If an employee ends their employment with the employer or if the employee intends to use the employee contribution in a manner that is not consistent with an eligible expense, the employee forfeits any unexpended amount of the employer contribution and the amount of the credit allowed to the employer for the employer contribution is subject to recapture. In such an occurrence, the employee is entitled to the employee contribution, plus any interest earned. The credit is not refundable but may be carried forward by the employer for a period of not more than 5 years. The amount contributed by the employer may be subtracted by the employee from the employee's federal taxable income for the purpose of determining their state taxable income; except that, if an employee forfeits the employer contribution, then the amount that the employee had subtracted from their federal taxable income is added back to their federal taxable income for the purpose of determining their state taxable income for the subsequent tax year. The executive director of the department of revenue may promulgate rules related to the implementation of the credit.
| House Sponsors | S. Bird (D) | Senate Sponsors | R. Zenzinger (D) | House Committee | Finance | Senate Committee | | Status | House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations (02/27/2023) | Amendments | |
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Bill:
HB23-1190
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Title: |
Affordable Housing Right Of First Refusal |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 02/10/2023 | Description | Concerning a right of first refusal to purchase qualifying multifamily residential property by a local government. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Housing- Local Government | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: F. Winter (D) House: E. Sirota (D) A. Boesenecker (D) | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (02/22/2023) | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Monitor | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill creates a right of first refusal of a local government to
match an acceptable offer for the sale of a residential or mixed-use multifamily property (property). The right to the purchase of the property by the local government is subject to the local government's commitment to using the property as long-term affordable housing. The local
government may assign its right of first refusal to the state, to any political subdivisions, or to any housing authority in the state subject to the limitation that the assignee make the same commitment to using the property as long-term affordable housing.
The bill requires notices to be given by the seller to local
governments and by local governments to the seller and to residents of the property. Upon receiving notice of intent to sell or of a potential sale of property, a local government has 14 business days to preserve its right of first refusal and an additional 90 business days to make an offer and must agree to close on the property within 180 business days of the execution of an agreement for the sale and purchase of the qualifying property.
The bill allows certain sales of property to be exempt from the
right of first refusal and the requirements established by the bill for the right of first refusal. The bill also allows the local government to waive its right of first refusal to purchase a property if the local government elects to disclaim its rights to any proposed transaction or for any duration of time or if there is a third-party buyer interested in purchasing the property with the same commitment to preserving or converting the property for long-term affordable housing and if the third-party buyer enters into an agreement with the local government concerning the third-party buyer's commitment to long-term affordable housing.
If the local government, its assignee, or a third-party buyer who
has committed to preserving or converting the property for long-term affordable housing has acquired the property and maintained the property for long-term affordable housing for 50 years, the property may be converted to another use if the following conditions are met:
Notice is given to residents prior to the conversion;
Any displaced residents are provided with compensation for relocation; and
The local government, its assignee, or a third-party buyer who has committed to preserving or converting the property for long-term affordable housing guarantees the development or conversion of an equal or greater amount of units within the boundaries of the local government for long-term affordable housing and offers the units first to any residents displaced by the conversion of the property.
The bill also provides that the attorney general's office has
responsibility to enforce the provisions of the bill and that the attorney general's office, a local government, or a mission-driven organization has standing to bring a civil action for violations of the bill.
| House Sponsors | E. Sirota (D) A. Boesenecker (D) | Senate Sponsors | F. Winter (D) | House Committee | Transportation, Housing and Local Government | Senate Committee | Local Government and Housing | Status | Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing (03/09/2023) | Amendments | |
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Bill:
HB23-1197
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Title: |
Stakeholder Process For Oversight Of Host Home Providers |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 02/13/2023 | Description | Concerning requiring the department of health care policy and financing to engage in a stakeholder process to address the oversight of host home providers. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Health Care & Health Insurance | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate:
House: M. Young (D) | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (03/17/2023) | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Monitor | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | No later than September 1, 2023, the bill requires the department
of health care policy and financing (state department) to engage in a stakeholder process to address concerns and identify viable solutions related to individuals who receive long-term services and supports.
No later than January 2025, the bill requires the state department
to report on the stakeholder process, including identifying any administrative resources needed to address any concerns identified during the stakeholder process.
| House Sponsors | M. Young (D) | Senate Sponsors | | House Committee | Health and Insurance | Senate Committee | | Status | House Committee on Health & Insurance Refer Unamended to Appropriations (03/21/2023) | Amendments | |
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Bill:
HB23-1212
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Title: |
Promotion Of Apprenticeships |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Hearing Date | 03/23/2023 | Hearing Time | 1:30 PM | Hearing Room | House Committee Room 0107 | Intro Date | 02/21/2023 | Description | Concerning the creation of a navigator program to promote apprenticeships to high school students. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Business & Economic Development- Labor & Employment- State Government | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: J. Danielson (D) C. Kolker (D) House: E. Hamrick (D) S. Lieder (D) | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (03/16/2023) | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Monitor | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill directs the office of future of work (office) in the
department of labor and employment to create an apprenticeship navigator pilot program (program) with 2 full-time apprenticeship navigators, with each apprenticeship navigator assigned to a different school district selected by the office. The purpose of the program is to increase awareness of registered apprenticeship programs among
graduating high school students in the selected school districts.
The bill also directs the office to promote apprenticeship programs
to high school students by creating and maintaining a web-based job board of apprenticeships and incorporating apprenticeships in the state's career planning tools.
| House Sponsors | E. Hamrick (D) S. Lieder (D) | Senate Sponsors | J. Danielson (D) C. Kolker (D) | House Committee | Education | Senate Committee | | Status | House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations (03/23/2023) | Amendments | None |
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Bill:
SB23-036
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Title: |
Veterans With Disab Prop Tax Exemption Reqmnts |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/10/2023 | Description | Concerning a change to the application process for the property tax exemption for veterans with a disability. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Fiscal Policy & Taxes | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: L. Cutter (D) B. Pelton (R) House: D. Ortiz (D) R. Armagost (R) | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (02/15/2023) | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Monitor | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | Current law requires an individual applying for the property tax
exemption for a veteran with a disability to submit the application to the division of veterans affairs (division) in the Colorado department of veterans and military affairs. The bill instead requires an individual to submit an application to the individual's county tax assessor. When submitting an application, the bill requires an individual to include proof
of qualifying veteran with a disability status, which the bill defines as documentary evidence from the United States department of veterans affairs that the individual is a qualifying veteran with a disability. The bill further requires the division to develop guidance that specifies the documentary evidence from the United States department of veterans affairs that must be included with an application. The bill eliminates the requirement that the division determine whether an individual is a qualifying veteran with a disability.
To comply with an existing statutory requirement that people first
language be used in new or amended statutes that refer to persons with disabilities, the bill also changes the existing terms disabled veteran and disabled veterans to veteran with a disability and veterans with a disability.
| House Sponsors | D. Ortiz (D) R. Armagost (R) | Senate Sponsors | L. Cutter (D) B. Pelton (R) | House Committee | State, Civic, Military and Veterans Affairs | Senate Committee | State, Veterans and Military Affairs | Status | House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations (03/16/2023) | Amendments | |
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Bill:
SB23-047
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Title: |
Confirmed Funds For Closing And Settlement Process |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/12/2023 | Description | Concerning modifications to the closing and settlement process for real estate transactions. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Financial Services & Commerce | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: K. Van Winkle (R) House:
| Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (02/06/2023) | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Monitor | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill modifies the closing and settlement procedure for real
estate transactions to ensure that the funds intended to be used at closing have been:
Received and deposited into a trust account at least one business day before the scheduled closing; and
Confirmed as deposited and available for immediate
disbursement upon the settlement and closing of the real estate transaction.
The bill takes effect September 1, 2024.
| House Sponsors | | Senate Sponsors | K. Van Winkle (R) | House Committee | | Senate Committee | Business, Labor and Technology | Status | Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Postpone Indefinitely (02/09/2023) | Amendments | |
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Bill:
SB23-107
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Title: |
Senior And Veterans With Disabilities Property Tax Exemption |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Hearing Date | | Hearing Time | | Hearing Room | | Intro Date | 01/31/2023 | Description | Concerning the expansion of existing property tax exemptions for certain owner-occupied primary residences. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Fiscal Policy & Taxes | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: L. Liston (R) House:
| Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (02/07/2023) | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Monitor | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | For property tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2023, the
bill specifies that a senior is deemed to be a 10-year owner-occupier of a primary residence that the senior has owned and occupied for less than 10 years and therefore qualifies for the senior property tax exemption for the residence if:
The senior would have qualified for the senior property tax exemption for the senior's former primary residence but a medical necessity required the senior to stop occupying the former primary residence;
The senior has not previously received the exemption for a former primary residence on the basis of medical necessity; and
The senior has not owned and occupied another primary residence since the senior first stopped occupying the senior's former primary residence due to medical necessity.
Medical necessity is defined as one or more medical conditions
of a senior that a physician licensed to practice medicine in Colorado has certified on a form developed by the state property tax administrator as having required the senior to stop occupying the senior's prior primary residence.
When applying for an exemption on the basis of medical necessity,
a senior must provide the form establishing proof of medical necessity.
For property tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2023,
but before January 1, 2028, the bill increases the maximum amount of actual value of the owner-occupied residence of a qualifying senior or veteran with a disability that is exempt from property taxation from $200,000 to $300,000.
For property tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2028, the
bill increases the maximum amount of actual value of the owner-occupied residence of a qualifying senior or veteran with a disability that is exempt from property taxation from $300,000 to $500,000.
| House Sponsors | | Senate Sponsors | L. Liston (R) | House Committee | | Senate Committee | State, Veterans and Military Affairs | Status | Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely (02/09/2023) | Amendments | |
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Bill:
SB23-108
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Title: |
Allowing Temporary Reductions In Property Tax Due |
Votes | Votes all Legislators | Hearing Date | 04/03/2023 | Hearing Time | 1:30 PM | Hearing Room | House Committee Room 0112 | Intro Date | 01/31/2023 | Description | Concerning temporary reductions in property taxes due. | History | Bill History | Save to Calendar | | Bill Subject | - Fiscal Policy & Taxes | Bill Docs | Bill Documents | Sponsors (House and Senate) | Senate: F. Winter (D) M. Baisley (R) House: R. Pugliese (R) L. Frizell (R) | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (02/07/2023) | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | Lobbyists | Position | Monitor | Category | | Comment | | Custom Summary | | Summary | The bill allows a local government to provide temporary property
tax relief through temporary property tax credits or mill levy reductions and later eliminate the credits or restore the mill levy. The bill clarifies that a local government may temporarily reduce property taxes due by providing for tax credits or reducing the mill levy and later eliminate the tax credits or restore the mill levy.
| House Sponsors | R. Pugliese (R) L. Frizell (R) | Senate Sponsors | F. Winter (D) M. Baisley (R) | House Committee | Finance | Senate Committee | State, Veterans and Military Affairs | Status | Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance (03/14/2023) | Amendments | |
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