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SB 3125: INCOME TAX; INCOME TAX BRACKETS; HOUSEHOLD AND DEPENDENT CARE SERVICES TAX CREDIT; DISALLOWANCE PERIOD; EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT; FOOD/EXCISE TAX CREDIT; RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES INCOME TAX CREDIT; INCOME RESTRICTION; SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS; THIRD-PARTY FINANCED SYSTEMS

  • Session Year: 2025-2026
  • House: Senate
  • Latest Version Date: 2026-04-08

Current Status:

In Progress

(2026-04-28: Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-26 8:00 PM; Conference Room 309.)

Introduced

In Committee

First Chamber

In Committee

Second Chamber

Final Decking

Enacted

Version:

PART I:  Repeals future adjustments to income tax brackets.  For taxable years beginning after 12/31/2026, adds an income tax bracket and increases the income tax rates for the three highest income tax brackets by one percentage point each.  Increases a taxpayer's applicable percentage of employment-related expenses that is used to calculate the household and dependent care services tax credit and increases income eligibility thresholds for the credit.  Establishes certain disallowance periods following a final decision that a claim for the credit was due to fraud and that the claim was disallowed.  Extends the sunset for enhancements made by Act 163, SLH 2023, to the Household and Dependent Care Services Tax Credit, Earned Income Tax Credit, and Food/Excise Tax Credit to 12/31/2032.  PART II:  Amends the renewable energy technologies income tax credit by:  for taxable years beginning after 12/31/26, limiting claims for certain solar energy systems that are not third-party financed systems and installed and placed in service on a single-family residential property to taxpayers with an adjusted gross income of $250,000 or less if filing as an individual or $350,000 or less if filing jointly; removing certain cap amounts for solar energy systems that are not third-party financed systems; and increasing the maximum adjusted gross income an individual taxpayer must be below in order to be eligible to have any excess credits refunded and limiting credit refundability to systems that are not third-party financed systems.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

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Apr 28, 2026

Conference Committee

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Senate Standing Committee on Water, Land, Culture and the Arts

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SB 3125: Income Tax; Income Tax Brackets; Household and Dependent Care Services Tax Credit; Disallowance Period; Earned Income Tax Credit; Food/Excise Tax Credit; Renewable Energy Technologies Income Tax Credit; Income Restriction; Solar Energy Systems; Third-party Financed Systems | Digital Democracy