Several bills AWC has been tracking moved out of the fiscal committees ahead of the February 7 deadline for finance bills (except for those related to the budget):

• HB 1025, providing a voter-approved local option 0.1 percent sales tax for parks funding, passed out of the House Finance Committee on January 27.
• HB 1811, authorizing cities to use fire benefit charges to fund fire services, passed out of the Local Government Committee and was heard in the House Finance Committee on February 4.
• SB 5505, reestablishing a property tax exemption for nonprofits leasing property to farmers markets, passed out of the Senate Ways & Means Committee on January 27 and the Rules Committee made the bill eligible for floor action on February 3.
• HB 1967, a similar farmers market property tax exemption proposal, passed out of the House Finance Committee on February 1 and moved to the Appropriations Committee.

HB 2018, establishing a three-day sales tax holiday in September and providing reimbursement to local governments for local sales tax impacts, did not pass out of the House Finance Committee before the deadline, but may still be alive due to its budget impact.

AWC continues to watch several bills that would impact the state budget that are not subject to the February 7 cut-off and could be included in the proposed budgets expected after state’s next revenue forecast on February 16.