Regular legislative session through May 29, 2021

HB 514 became a bad bill with a vengeance as a result of a Senate floor amendment that made the 2016/2018 temporary sales tax increase permanent.

THIS WEEK FOR THE GOOD: HB 20 was sent to the governor; HB 149 passed Senate committee; HB 167 passed the Senate; HB 276 passed the House; HB 280 passed the Senate, HB 352 with minor amendment passed the House; HB 581 with minor amendment passed the Senate; HB 650 was deferred involuntarily; SB 8 passed House committee; SB 63 with minor amendment passed House committee; SB 64 passed the House; SB 91 with minor amendment passed the House; SB 118 with minor amendment passed the House; SB 124 with minor amendment passed the House; SB 156 passed the House; SB 159 had the Senate reject House amendments; SB 220 with minor amendment passed House committee; SB 224 passed House committee.

THIS WEEK FOR THE BAD: HB 7 with minor amendment passed the House; HB 84 passed the Senate; HB 113 passed Senate committee; HB 248 passed the Senate; HB 286 passed the Senate; HB 378 passed the Senate; HB 391 with minor amendment passed the Senate; HB 514 with major amendment was recommitted in the Senate; HB 659 failed to pass the House; HB 709 failed to pass the House; SB 24 passed the House and was sent to the governor; SB 116 with minor amendment passed the House; SB 148 with minor amendment passed the House; SB 163 with major amendment passed House committee; SB 203 passed the House.

Regular legislative session through May 22, 2021

Amendments to HB 158 remove it from the list of bad bills.

THIS WEEK FOR THE GOOD: HB 20 passed the Senate; HB 40 passed the House; HB 103 with major amendment passed House committee and with minor amendment passed the House; HB 138 with minor amendment passed the House; HB 149 passed the House; HB 211 passed Senate committee; HB 274 passed the House; HB 278 with major amendment passed the House; HB 280 passed Senate committee; HB 388 with minor amendment passed the House; HB 428 with minor amendment passed the House; HB 438 with minor amendment passed Senate committee; HB 498 with minor amendment passed House committee and with minor amendment passed the House; HB 556 with minor amendment passed House committee and with minor amendment passed the House; HB 578 with minor amendment passed the House; HB 597 with major amendment passed the House; HB 704 with minor amendment passed the House; SB 4 passed House committee; SB 64 passed House committee; SB 118 with minor amendment passed House committee; SB 159 passed the House; SB 194 with minor amendment passed House committee; SB 221 with minor amendment passed House committee.

THIS WEEK FOR THE BAD: HB 84 passed Senate committee; HB 113 with minor amendment passed the House; HB 248 passed Senate committee; HB 286 passed Senate committee; HB 315 passed the House; HB 615 failed to pass the House; SB 24 with minor amendment passed the House; SB 163 with minor amendment passed House committee; SB 203 passed House committee.

Regular legislative session through May 15, 2021

Substitute bills keep coming, with HB 83 becoming HB 708 and HB 637 became HB 709. The text of HB 707, finally posted as a substitute for HB 480, caused its removal from the list of bad bills as it removes

THIS WEEK FOR THE GOOD: HB 20 passed Senate committee; HB 40 passed House committee; HB 149 with major amendment passed House committee; HB 154 passed the House; HB 199 with minor amendment passed the Senate; HB 213 passed House committee; HB 280 with minor amendment passed the House; HB 352 passed House committee; HB 393 passed the House; HB 423 with minor amendment passed the House; HB 428 with minor amendment passed House committee; HB 438 with minor amendment passed the House; HB 487 with major amendment passed House committee; HB 578 with minor amendment passed the House; HB 581 passed Senate committee; HB 597 with minor amendment passed House committee; HB 650 with major amendment passed the House; HB 653 with minor amendment passed the House; HB 708 passed House committee; SB 91 with minor amendment passed House committee; SB 124 passed House committee; SB 156 passed House committee; SB 159 with major amendment passed House committee; SB 220 with minor amendment passed the Senate; SB 224 with minor amendment passed the Senate.

THIS WEEK FOR THE BAD: HB 113 with major amendment passed House committee; HB 286 with minor amendment passed the House; HB 315 with minor amendment passed House committee; HB 378 passed Senate committee; HB 391 passed Senate committee; HB 635 passed the House; HB 702 passed the House; HB 709 passed House committee; SB 116 passed House committee; SB 148 with minor amendment passed House committee.

Regular legislative session through May 8, 2021

Committee action transformed HB 132, HB 379, and HB 652 into benign bills, and these have been removed from the list of bad bills. Also, bad bill HB 480 was reported by substitute, but the text of that as yet to be filed.

THIS WEEK FOR THE GOOD: HB 20 passed the House; HB 118 with major amendment passed the House; HB 167 passed Senate committee; HB 199 with minor amendment passed Senate committee; HB 211 passed the House; HB 256 passed the House; HB 280 with minor amendment passed House committee; HB 423 with minor amendment passed House committee; HB 438 with minor amendment passed House committee; HB 578 passed House committee; HB 579 was deferred involuntarily; HB 596 with minor amendment passed the House; HB 599 became substituted for with HB 704; HB 650 with minor amendment passed House committee; HB 653 with minor amendment passed House committee; HB 704 passed House committee; SB 4 passed the Senate; SB 124 passed the Senate; SB 156 with minor amendment passed the Senate;  SB 198 with minor amendment passed the Senate; SB 224 with minor amendment passed Senate committee.

THIS WEEK FOR THE BAD: HB 7 passed House committee; HB 84 passed the House; HB 245 passed House committee; HB 248 with minor amendment passed House committee; HB 324 failed to pass the House; HB 378 passed the House; HB 391 passed the House; HB 402 passed House committee; HB 468 with minor amendment passed House committee; HB 497 became substituted for by HB 702; HB 635 passed House committee; HB 702 passed House committee; SB 24 passed House committee.

Regular legislative session through May 1, 2021

From here on out, the only new bills are old bills, substitutes. This provokes another bad bill, HB 699 as a substitute for HB 524 (see below).

Also, HB 292 and HB 293 have been dropped from the list of good bills and instead join the list of bad bills. They are intended to create a flat rate for corporate income taxation and eliminate the federal tax deduction for corporations. However, in current form they produce a substantial net tax increase (see below).

THIS WEEK FOR THE GOOD: HB 20 with minor amendment passed House committee; HB 118 with minor amendment passed House committee; HB 154 with minor amendment passed House committee; HB 167 with minor amendment passed the House; HB 211 with minor amendment passed House committee; HB 256 passed House committee; HB 273 passed House committee; HB 349 with minor amendment passed House committee and with minor amendment passed the House; HB 393 passed House committee; HB 454 was deferred involuntarily; HB 581 with minor amendment passed the House; HB 596 with minor amendment passed House committee; SB 4 passed Senate committee; SB 91 with minor amendment passed the Senate; SB 115 passed Senate committee; SB 118 with major amendment passed the Senate; SB 124 passed Senate committee; SB 156 passed Senate committee; SB 194 passed the Senate; SB 198 passed Senate committee; SB 219 with major amendment passed the Senate; SB 221 with minor amendment passed the Senate.