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SSB 3034

Expands homestead tax credit and caps local property tax growth

The bill changes property tax rules, including limits on local government levy growth and reserve funds, and changes to homestead exemptions and credits. It also affects how assessments of certain property are calculated, with some effects on school funding.

Official title

A bill for an act relating to state and local government taxes, budgets, and authority, by modifying provisions relating to the assessment and taxation of property, funding from the secure an advanced vision for education fund, the election of certain county officers, urban renewal areas and urban revitalization areas, establishing a rent reimbursement program, establishing a program for certain first-time homebuyers, establishing a local government shared-services grant fund, making appropriations, and including effective date, applicability, and retroactive applicability provisions.

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Where it stands

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Senate
  4. House
  5. Governor

Last action, Feb 25: Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.

History

  • Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.Senate · Feb 25
  • Subcommittee Meeting: 02/25/2026 12:30PM Room G15.Senate · Feb 18
  • Subcommittee reassigned: Dawson, Bisignano, Gruenhagen, Schultz, and Winckler.Senate · Feb 16
  • Subcommittee: Dawson, Bisignano, and Schultz.Senate · Jan 14
  • Introduced, referred to Ways and Means.Senate · Jan 14
  • By COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANSSenate · Jan 14