SB0218Introduced in the Senate
Circuit breaker credits for homesteads.
Introduced by James Buck, District 21
What does this bill do?
Plain-English breakdown
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Official description
Circuit breaker credits for homesteads. Authorizes the fiscal body of a county, city, or town (municipality) to reduce its homestead property tax cap. Requires the reduced property tax cap to apply only in determining the net property tax revenue of the municipality that adopted it and not to any other taxing unit within the taxing district. Authorizes a municipality that has adopted a reduced homestead property tax cap to adopt any of the following local option taxes, either singly or in combination, the revenue from which must be used as property tax replacement revenue due to the reduced homestead property tax cap: (1) Local option sales tax. (2) Supplemental local income tax. (3) Supplemental innkeeper's tax. (4) Supplemental food and beverage tax. Makes conforming changes and removes obsolete provisions. Makes an appropriation.
Where it stands
First reading: referred to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy
January 8, 2026
How did lawmakers vote?
No recorded vote is available for this bill yet.
Bill history
Authored by Senators Buck, Niemeyer
First reading: referred to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy
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