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Legislative Update—Rep. Clay Handy, D 27

The 2023 Legislative session marked midway this week. The second 6 week will be busy. I always wondered why there is such a frenzy at the end of a session, and now I am beginning to understand. It takes time to work the bugs out of a piece of legislation. This week I will be presenting two bills in committees. 

The first is a bill addressing taxes on electric fuel for electric semis. 

The second bill moves the due date for state withholding taxes from the 20th to the last day of the month. It includes employees’ withheld state tax and collected or billed sales tax on retail. This will be a help to small businesses. The employer does not receive compensation for collecting these taxes for the state. 

The Judicial Rules Committee is still sitting on the fentanyl bill. We hope to see it come out of committee this week. If you have an opinion on mandatory minimums vs judges having discretion on sentencing, please drop me an email at [email protected]

I had a meeting with the Liberty Gold Management group. They are moving forward on reopening the Black Pine Mine. There is still lots of gold there. It will be a good employer for our district. If you want to participate, their stock is traded publicly under Liberty Gold. The 4H kids are in session this weekend for Know Your Government. I enjoyed participating with my 14-year-old grandsons. I have had the opportunity to meet with many of the good people from Oneida County while here in Boise. We have recently met with county and city officials. It is a pleasure to get to know you better.  Thank you for the opportunity to serve District 27.