HB 25-1080 CO

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The act authorizes a county, special district, or school district to negotiate property tax relief with a taxpayer that establishes or expands a "qualified communication services facility", which is a facility or other real or personal property used in the provision of fixed broadband or mobile broadband internet access service, if the facility will serve an unserved or underserved area of the county, special district, or school district. The act sets limits and standards for the tax relief. The act also amends the legislative declaration for the statute establishing a sales tax refund for rural broadband service providers by: Stating that requirements to pay sales and use tax on federal-funded and state-funded broadband deployment reduce the efficacy and impact of the federal and state deployment grant money; Noting that wireless telecommunications technologies rely on forms of broadband infrastructure like fiber and landline networks and are, therefore, interconnected to broadband; and Including a tax preference performance statement for the sales tax refund indicating that a purpose of the sales tax refund is to incentivize private sector investment in broadband infrastructure.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

• Meghan Lukens Democratic · primary
• Matt Soper Republican · primary
• Nick Hinrichsen Democratic · primary

1. May 30, 2025 Governor Signed · executive
2. May 2, 2025 Sent to the Governor · executive
3. May 1, 2025 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
4. May 1, 2025 Signed by the Speaker of the House · lower
5. Apr 15, 2025 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
6. Apr 14, 2025 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
7. Apr 10, 2025 Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole · upper
8. Apr 4, 2025 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology · upper
9. Mar 31, 2025 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
10. Mar 28, 2025 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments · lower
11. Mar 27, 2025 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee · lower
12. Mar 25, 2025 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments · lower
13. Mar 20, 2025 House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
14. Mar 3, 2025 House Committee on Finance Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only · lower
15. Feb 19, 2025 House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to Finance · lower
16. Jan 13, 2025 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor · lower