Joint Citizen Commission for Performance Measurement of Tax Preferences Committee
Event Log
HB1060 — Adds an annual tax performance report requirement for businesses claiming a B&O tax exemption for publishing newspapers and digital content.
SB5801 — Creates a new sales and use tax exemption for zero-emission buses and directs JLARC to evaluate related impacts.
Eric — Asked to share the updates with the commission.
Pete Van Morrison — Introduces himself as JLARC staff filling in for Eric and explains the schedule update item.
HB1372 — House Bill 1372 is cited as the 2025 law that authorizes JLARC to update its work plan when data needed for a review is unavailable.
Liz Thomas — Liz Thomas, JLARC staff, was introduced as the presenter of the 2025 expedited preference review report and identified herself before the committee. The discussion then moved into a brief transition inviting questions for her presentation.
Pete Van Morsel — Pete Van Morsel, JLARC staff, explains that the newly adopted 2026 review schedule is the final year of the current 10-year cycle covering 2017–2026, which also completes 20 years of tax preference reviews. He says JLARC staff will begin developing the next 10-year schedule in June for adoption in May 2026, and he concludes by inviting commissioners to ask questions about the review schedule and the proposed rolling schedule idea.
Matt Kernit — Matt Kernit introduced himself as senior counsel with the Attorney General's office and said he was there to provide the annual open government refresher.
Matt Kernit — Matt Kernit concludes his open government refresher and offers to answer questions.
SB5682 — The bill is first mentioned as extending the Washington Customized Employment Training Program via a tax credit to July 1, 2013.
SB5794 — Repeals five tax preferences, including three recently reviewed by JLARC.
HB1372 — Authorizes JLARC to alter its work plan if legislative changes require delaying a review until sufficient data is available.
Pete — Referenced as the person who will speak shortly about the tax preference review schedule.