House adopts H.933, enacting technical tax changes and preserving some fee authority

The House adopted the Committee of Conference report on H.933, a miscellaneous tax bill that the conferees negotiated with the Senate earlier the same day.

The member from Woodstock summarized the report’s eight‑page package of agreed changes. Major items included allowing one owner or a forester to sign a forest management plan for current‑use enrollment (instead of requiring all owners to sign), extending the property valuation appeal period from 14 to 30 days, excluding one‑way broadcast equipment from PVR evaluation, delaying by one year the decoupling of the exemption for qualified small business stock, and amending language so the Department of Fish and Wildlife retains existing fee authority until new fees are set by rule or statute through July 1, 2027.

The conference report also reflected budget‑linked items: a revision of the downtown and village center tax credit to $3,500,000 from the prior statutory level and an agreed intent to shift additional purchase and use tax revenue to the transportation fund over time, with offsetting changes to rooms and meals allocations to the education fund in FY2028.

Members who sponsored the conference report asked for the body’s support and the House approved the report and ordered H.933 delivered to the governor forthwith.

The floor presentation noted the report contained seven instances of amendment to the Senate’s counterproposal and that some technical provisions were included to address issues raised by the state auditor and agencies during negotiations.