GOP amendment would take control of COVID-19 relief funds away from governor.
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Unemployment Insurance Claims Office. Photo by Bytemarks (CC-BY).
A proposed tax break for people who lost their jobs and collected unemployment during the COVID-19 pandemic got a boost Wednesday — but it also got snared in the Legislature’s recurring party-line conflicts.
While the bill, SB-267, was introduced by Democrats, it passed the Senate Labor and Regulatory Reform Committee on a 3-2 vote Wednesday, and both Democrats on the committee voted against it.
The legislation would waive state income taxes in 2020 and 2021 on the first $10,200 of unemployment compensation that a taxpayer receives in either year.