Committee advances bill removing A&P tax requirement for entertainment districts

Speaker 2 presented House Bill 1024 to the committee, saying the bill ‘‘removes the requirement that cities have to impose an A and P tax if they want to have an entertainment district.’’ The sponsor described the change as a narrow statutory fix to give cities flexibility when creating entertainment districts.

The committee asked no follow-up questions, and no members of the public signed up to testify for or against the bill. Speaker 2 closed the presentation and requested a favorable vote. A motion was recorded and the committee approved the bill by voice vote; individual roll-call votes were not recorded in the transcript.

The measure now moves forward from the City, County & Local Affairs Committee. The transcript records only the committee proceedings; the text of the bill, effective date and subsequent steps were not specified in the hearing record.