Senate2025-26 sessionFiscal note

SB 5994 — Preserving timber tax distributions for school districts with recent school district levy failures.

Signed into law — Chapter 74, Laws of 2026

Sponsor
Cortes
Introduced
January 12, 2026
Status
C 74 L 26
Last action
Effective date 3/16/2026. (March 16, 2026)

What this bill does

Extends timber tax revenue distributions to school districts without qualifying levies in a given calendar year, if the district had qualifying levies in effect in either of the previous two calendar years.

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Floor votes

  • House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 4, 2026
    96 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting
  • Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 11, 2026
    47 yea · 2 nay

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