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Number	Legislature	Summary	Subjects
S.4322	Federal	Safely Back to School and Back to Work Act Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Health Administrative Law And Regulatory Procedures Appropriations Blood And Blood Diseases Cardiovascular And Respiratory Health Child Care And Development Child Health Child Safety And Welfare Congressional Oversight Department Of Education
S.4063	Federal	Impact Aid Coronavirus Relief Act This bill allows local educational agencies (LEAs) participating in the Impact Aid Program to use the student count and federal property valuation data from their FY2021 program applications for their FY2022 program applications. The program provides funding to LEAs that have lost property tax revenue due to the presence of tax-exempt federal property or to those that have experienced increased expenditures due to enrollment of federally connected children (e.g., children living on Indian lands or military bases). Republican: 50% (1) Democrat: 50% (1) 50% Republican support 50% Democrat support	Education Education Programs Funding Elementary And Secondary Education Property Tax State And Local Taxation
HB-7090	Federal	Coronavirus County Relief and Stability Act This bill appropriates $36 billion for a Coronavirus County Relief Fund to make payments to counties to compensate for revenue lost and costs incurred as a result of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. Specifically, a county shall use the funds to compensate for direct loss of revenue due to the public health emergency or to cover its costs that are necessary expenditures incurred due to the public health emergency, were not accounted for in the budget most recently approved as of February 29, 2020, and were incurred from March 1, 2020-December 30, 2020. Each county shall receive a flat payment plus an amount based on its population. The bill provides funding for the Office of Inspector General of the Department of the Treasury to conduct monitoring and oversight of the receipt, disbursement, and use of such funds. The bill reauthorizes the payments in lieu of taxes program, which compensates local governments for tax revenue lost due to tax-exempt federal lands within their boundaries. Republican: 50% (2) Democrat: 50% (2) 50% Republican support 50% Democrat support	Government Operations And Politics Appropriations Cardiovascular And Respiratory Health Department Of The Treasury Emergency Medical Services And Trauma Care Executive Agency Funding And Structure Government Studies And Investigations Infectious And Parasitic Diseases Intergovernmental Relations Property Tax
S.3620	Federal	A bill to establish a Housing Assistance Fund at the Department of the Treasury. This bill provides funds for assistance to homeowners to prevent mortgage defaults, foreclosures, and displacements of individuals and families experiencing financial hardship after January 21, 2020. The Department of the Treasury must disburse the funds to state housing finance agencies and Indian tribes for the provision of such assistance. Democrat: 97% (37) Independent: 2% (1) 97% Democrat support 2% Independent support	Housing And Community Development Alaska Natives And Hawaiians American Samoa Appropriations Cardiovascular And Respiratory Health Emergency Medical Services And Trauma Care Government Information And Archives Guam Housing And Community Development Funding Housing Finance And Home Ownership
HB-6705	Federal	Coronavirus State and Local Financial Assistance Act This bill (1) directs the Department of the Treasury to establish a State and Local Government Coronavirus Relief Program under which Treasury shall make monthly grants to states to make up for revenue lost from March 1-December 31, 2020, due to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) and social distancing steps taken by the state and its political subdivisions, and (2) appropriates $500 billion to carry out the program. To be eligible to receive a grant, a state must (1) compile estimates for the revenue lost by the state and each political subdivision, and (2) submit an estimate to Treasury by the 20th of each month. Treasury shall make grant payments to a state within 15 days of receiving a loss estimate. The bill sets forth requirements with respect to pro rata distribution of funds, treatment of overpayments, and distribution to political subdivisions of a state. Democrat: 85% (6) Republican: 14% (1) 85% Democrat support 14% Republican support	Government Operations And Politics Appropriations Cardiovascular And Respiratory Health Emergency Medical Services And Trauma Care Government Information And Archives Infectious And Parasitic Diseases Property Tax Sales And Excise Taxes State And Local Finance State And Local Government Operations
HB-6652	Federal	Flexibility for Localities and Eligibility Expansion Act of 2020 This bill expands the permissible uses of funds under the Coronavirus Relief Fund. Specifically, the bill authorizes a state, tribal government, or unit of local government to use funds (1) to offset revenue shortfalls that occurred between March 1 and December 30, 2020, related to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency, or (2) for COVID-19-related costs or revenue shortfalls of units of local government too small to qualify for direct funding. Republican: 47% (9) Democrat: 52% (10) 47% Republican support 52% Democrat support	Government Operations And Politics Cardiovascular And Respiratory Health Emergency Medical Services And Trauma Care Infectious And Parasitic Diseases Intergovernmental Relations Property Tax Sales And Excise Taxes Securities State And Local Finance State And Local Taxation
HB-6308	Federal	Housing is a Human Right Act of 2020 Democrat: 100% (16) 100% Democrat support	Housing And Community Development Advisory Bodies Crime Prevention Criminal Procedure And Sentencing Elections, Voting, Political Campaign Regulation Food Assistance And Relief Government Information And Archives Government Studies And Investigations Homelessness And Emergency Shelter Housing And Community Development Funding
SB-164	State (Maine)	An Act To Reduce Property Taxes for Maine Residents Republican: 33% (2) Democrat: 66% (4) 33% Republican support 66% Democrat support	Property Tax Homestead Exemption
HB-241	State (Maine)	An Act To Adjust the Personal Property Tax Exemption for Farm Machinery Democrat: 70% (7) Republican: 30% (3) 70% Democrat support 30% Republican support	Property Tax Personal Property Tax
HB-560	State (Maine)	An Act To Improve Access to Property Tax Exemptions for New Homeowners Democrat: 100% (1) 100% Democrat support	Property Tax Exemption
HB-682	State (Maine)	An Act To Provide Seniors and Certain Persons with Disabilities Assistance with Property Taxes through the Deferral of Those Taxes Democrat: 100% (4) 100% Democrat support	Property Tax Relief
HB-1158	State (Maine)	An Act To Provide Property Tax Relief Democrat: 90% (10) Republican: 9% (1) 90% Democrat support 9% Republican support	Property Tax Relief
SB-1194	State (Maine)	An Act To Increase Property Tax Relief for Veterans Democrat: 100% (8) 100% Democrat support	Property Tax Exemption
HB-1234	State (Maine)	An Act To Expand the Value of the Homestead Exemption to $25,000 and State Reimbursement to 70 Percent of Lost Property Tax Revenue Democrat: 80% (8) Independent: 10% (1) Republican: 10% (1) 80% Democrat support 10% Independent support 10% Republican support	Property Tax Homestead Exemption
HB-2127	State (Maine)	An Act To Support Farmland Preservation By Allowing the Siting of Solar Energy Installations on Land Enrolled in the Farm and Open Space Tax Law Program Democrat: 83% (5) Republican: 16% (1) 83% Democrat support 16% Republican support	Property Tax Farm And Open Space Tax
HB-430	State (Utah)	Property Tax Relief Amendments Republican: 100% (1) 100% Republican support	Property Tax Property Tax Relief Revenue And Taxation
HB-382	State (Utah)	Property Tax Records Amendments Republican: 100% (2) 100% Republican support	Property Tax Revenue And Taxation Government Records Government Operations (state Issues)
SB-163	State (Utah)	Community Reinvestment Agency Amendments Republican: 100% (2) 100% Republican support	Community Reinvestment Agencies Political Subdivisions (local Issues) Property Tax Revenue And Taxation Limited Purpose Local Government Entities County And Municipal Finance Local Taxation And Fees Tax Increment Financing
HB-357	State (Utah)	Public Education Funding Stabilization Republican: 100% (2) 100% Republican support	Property Tax Revenue And Taxation Education K-12 Education Revenue School Districts
HB-1609	State (Maryland)	Clarifying that certain provisions of law concerning the method of calculating a certain reduction in the State agricultural land transfer tax apply to a transfer under a contract of sale dated on or after July 1, 2019; clarifying that a certain exemption from the State agricultural land transfer tax applies to a transfer under a contract of sale dated on or after July 1, 2019; etc. Republican: 100% (2) 100% Republican support	Taxes - Recordation And Transfer Agriculture Contracts Exemptions Property Tax Transfer Tax

Title: Safely Back to School and Back to Work Act

Session: US Congress 116th Congress

Number: S.4322

Subjects: Health, Administrative Law And Regulatory Procedures, Appropriations, Blood And Blood Diseases, Cardiovascular And Respiratory Health, Child Care And Development, Child Health, Child Safety And Welfare, Congressional Oversight, Department Of Education

Republican: 100% (1)

Title: Impact Aid Coronavirus Relief Act

Session: US Congress 116th Congress

Number: S.4063

Subjects: Education, Education Programs Funding, Elementary And Secondary Education, Property Tax, State And Local Taxation

Republican: 50% (1) Democrat: 50% (1)

Title: Coronavirus County Relief and Stability Act

Session: US Congress 116th Congress

Number: HB-7090

Subjects: Government Operations And Politics, Appropriations, Cardiovascular And Respiratory Health, Department Of The Treasury, Emergency Medical Services And Trauma Care, Executive Agency Funding And Structure, Government Studies And Investigations, Infectious And Parasitic Diseases, Intergovernmental Relations, Property Tax

Republican: 50% (2) Democrat: 50% (2)

Title: A bill to establish a Housing Assistance Fund at the Department of the Treasury.

Session: US Congress 116th Congress

Number: S.3620

Subjects: Housing And Community Development, Alaska Natives And Hawaiians, American Samoa, Appropriations, Cardiovascular And Respiratory Health, Emergency Medical Services And Trauma Care, Government Information And Archives, Guam, Housing And Community Development Funding, Housing Finance And Home Ownership

Democrat: 97% (37) Independent: 2% (1)

Title: Coronavirus State and Local Financial Assistance Act

Session: US Congress 116th Congress

Number: HB-6705

Subjects: Government Operations And Politics, Appropriations, Cardiovascular And Respiratory Health, Emergency Medical Services And Trauma Care, Government Information And Archives, Infectious And Parasitic Diseases, Property Tax, Sales And Excise Taxes, State And Local Finance, State And Local Government Operations

Democrat: 85% (6) Republican: 14% (1)

Title: Flexibility for Localities and Eligibility Expansion Act of 2020

Session: US Congress 116th Congress

Number: HB-6652

Subjects: Government Operations And Politics, Cardiovascular And Respiratory Health, Emergency Medical Services And Trauma Care, Infectious And Parasitic Diseases, Intergovernmental Relations, Property Tax, Sales And Excise Taxes, Securities, State And Local Finance, State And Local Taxation

Republican: 47% (9) Democrat: 52% (10)

Title: Housing is a Human Right Act of 2020

Session: US Congress 116th Congress

Number: HB-6308

Subjects: Housing And Community Development, Advisory Bodies, Crime Prevention, Criminal Procedure And Sentencing, Elections, Voting, Political Campaign Regulation, Food Assistance And Relief, Government Information And Archives, Government Studies And Investigations, Homelessness And Emergency Shelter, Housing And Community Development Funding

Democrat: 100% (16)

Title: An Act To Reduce Property Taxes for Maine Residents