Personal income taxes: deductions: first-time home buyers.
Summary
The Personal Income Tax Law, in modified conformity with federal income tax laws, allows various deductions from gross income in computing adjusted gross income under that law, including deductions for payments to individual retirement accounts, alimony payments, and interest on educational loans. This bill, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2017, and before January 1, 2022, would allow a deduction in computing adjusted gross income for those amounts paid or incurred by a qualified first-time home buyer, as defined, during the taxable year for qualified home-buying expenses, as provided. This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy.
Bill status
failed
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 23, 2017
Last action Feb 1, 2018
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
3
Committee
6
Amendments
2
May 26, 2017
Lower · Passed
In committee: Held under submission.
lower
Apr 26, 2017
Committee
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
lower
Apr 18, 2017
Committee
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
lower
Apr 17, 2017
Introduced
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended.
lower
Mar 21, 2017
Committee
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
lower
Mar 16, 2017
Lower · Passed
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (March 13).
lower
Feb 6, 2017
Committee
Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.
lower
Jan 24, 2017
Lower · Passed
From printer. May be heard in committee February 23.
lower
1 primary · 14 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jim Patterson
RRepublican
Co
Catharine B. Baker
RRepublican
Co
Chad Mayes
IIndependent
Co
Dante Acosta
RRepublican
Co
Devon Mathis
RRepublican
Co
James Gallagher
RRepublican
Co
Marc Steinorth
RRepublican
Co
Marie Waldron
RRepublican
Co
Matthew Harper
RRepublican
Co
Mike Gipson
DDemocratic
Co
Randy Voepel
RRepublican
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