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Thursday, April 16, 2026·2h 57m·▶ Watch / Listen

The House Finance Committee narrowly advanced a bill letting an intermediary buy up the state's remaining unsold insurance premium tax credits — over a bipartisan revolt that likened it to a payday loan — while killing a proposal to let local governments split their mill levies between land and buildings after a marathon parade of assessor opposition.

Key Actions

·Authority for Different Mill Levy RatesKilled

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Notable Quotes

I would gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.

Ken DeGraafDeGraaf's Wimpy analogy captured the core objection that the bill borrows against future tax revenue to plug a current-year hole.

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Votes

Postponed indefinitely — bill killedAction
Yes (8)Max Brooks, Sean Camacho, Ken DeGraaf, Ryan Gonzalez, Bob Marshall, Rebekah Stewart, Ron Weinberg, Yara Zokaie
No (3)Lorena Garcia, Brianna Titone, Steven Woodrow
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (6)Sean Camacho, Lorena Garcia, Rebekah Stewart, Yara Zokaie, Brianna Titone, Steven Woodrow
No (5)Max Brooks, Ken DeGraaf, Ryan Gonzalez, Bob Marshall, Ron Weinberg
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TranscriptPreview
The committee will come to order. Please call the roll. Representatives Brooks Camacho. Excused. Graph. Excused. Garcia Gonzalez. I'm here. Marshall. Here. Stuart Weinberg. I'm here. Zokai. Excused. To tone. Here. Mr. Chair. Here. We have a quorum, everyone. Nice to see you. Thanks for being so patient and waiting. We have two bills up today. We're going to hear 1346 followed by 1119. As I announced from the well, given the late start and the number of witnesses we have, testimony will be limited to two minutes per person with seven minutes of questioning per panel. I would ask Representative Stewart to come up and take the gavel while myself and Madam vice chair present 1346. Fantastic. Hello, Sponsors, tell us about House Bill 1346. Who wants to start? Representative Chatone Chair So, yeah, so 1346, if you all recall, during the special session, we had a couple bills that would get us some money ahead of time because we needed to make up some funds in our budget and we were going to sell these tax credits to make up some money ahead of time before and then give some relief for taxes. We had a hard time
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