Committee reviews bill to raise zero‑bracket income thresholds, creating $20M biennial cost
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Summary
Senate Bill 2093 would raise the income levels in the zero tax bracket (single and other filing statuses), expanding tax relief for low-income filers and retired peace officers' survivors; sponsors estimated about $20 million in biennial fiscal cost.
Representative Craig Hedlund described Senate Bill 2093 as a corrective and targeted tax relief measure. Hedlund said the bill extends an exemption the Legislature had previously created for retired law enforcement officers and their survivors and uses a related opportunity to raise the zero tax bracket amounts for several filing statuses.
Hedlund detailed numeric changes: he said the single‑filer zero bracket would rise from about $44,007.25 to $51,300 and similar proportional increases would apply to other filing categories. He said the change would cost roughly $20 million on a biennial basis and was designed to provide modest tax relief to lower‑income filers, including some who do not receive property‑tax relief.
Ending: Committee members had no additional questions in the hearing excerpt; no vote was recorded in the transcript.