BILL · 2009–10 SESSION

HB 1343: Port district property taxes

Modifying property tax limitations for port districts.

Summary

Finds that: (1) Taxpayers should be protected from large, unanticipated tax increases by port districts; (2) Port districts should be encouraged to implement better long-term fiscal planning and more prudent money management so as to avoid such large increases in tax levies; and (3) It is good public policy to impose reasonable constraints on the authority of large port districts to impose unduly burdensome tax…

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to property tax limitations for port districts;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

HB 1343 (2025–26) Higher ed./loss of aid · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HB 1343 (2023–24) Rent relief & housing · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1343 (2021–22) Unemployment ins./employers · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1343 (2019–20) Revenue · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1343 (2017–18) Main street program · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1343 (2015–16) Spirits retailers/for resale · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1343 (2013–14) Nurses surcharge · Enacted · Chapter 77, Laws of 2013
HB 1343 (2011–12) Insurance statutes · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate