(April 9, 2026) – Today, leaders in the House and Senate replaced members of the Tax Conference Committee to directly negotiate tax proposals. The conference committee, composed of House members Dan Hawkins, Chris Croft and Tom Sawyer and Senators Ty Masterson, Chase Blasi and Ethan Corson, met to establish new tax proposals as outlined below:

Use House Bill 2044 to insert the previously passed contents of the Save Seniors program to shield them from appreciation and prevent them from being removed from the program. Add components of the previously passed income tax elimination for active-duty military from House Bill 2036.

Use House Bill 2745, then make updates to the previously passed version to add back in House exemptions such as debt service payments, new construction and jurisdictional territories and allow locals to capture when incentives expire. Then adjust the protest petition to be 10 percent, based on the first previous Secretary of State data from the last election cycle. Adding an allowance of CPI up to three percent. Removing school districts.

Constitutional Amendment in SCR 1603: Simplifying the language to allow elected state representatives and senators to set property taxes through a November ballot question.

Then use Senate Bill 498 to add the Child Care Tax Credit carryover, extend the Rural Opportunity Zone for two years, and repeal several unused tax credits.

The conference committee members agreed to disagree on one item and agreed on the rest of the proposals, which will now have to pass both the House and Senate floors before going to the governor's desk.

While the bills looked to have leadership support, SCR 1603 was taken up in the House and failed on a vote of 69-54.