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House Taxes Committee sends its final bill onward

While the 2023 tax law was mostly about targeted tax relief for lower earners and higher tax rates for those at the other end of the income spectrum, the product of this year’s work by the House Taxes Committee chiefly came down to improvements and enhancements for state tax policies already on the books.

But there was still a fair amount of controversy Friday, as eight proposed amendments to the 2024 House tax bill were voted down, each on a party-line vote. In the end, the committee approved the bill by the same 12-9 party-line vote and referred it to the House Ways and Means Committee.

Sponsored by Rep. Aisha Gomez (DFL-Mpls), replaced by a delete-all amendment and further amended , HF5247 would make last year’s child tax credit available to households with 18-year-olds and make it possible to stagger the credit over the course of multiple payments. It would also allow seniors to receive advance payments on their homestead credits, and direct the Department of Revenue to develop a tax preparation program that would be free for most filers .

[ MORE: See more of what’s in the bill and view the spreadsheet ]

Friday’s debate dealt with eight amendments, all unsuccessfully proposed by Republicans. One from Rep. Patti Anderson (R-Dellwood) would have eliminated the bill’s section calling for public disclosure of some corporate tax information .

“This is likely to end up being litigated and it’s likely unconstitutional,” Anderson said. “We would be the only state in the nation that requires this. … We have passed numerous provisions that have harmed companies over the past 15 months. This is just the icing on the cake. This will make businesses make the decision to leave and not do business in Minnesota.”

Rep. Mike Wiener (R-Long Prairie) suggested the same could result if a corporate tax base erosion study is commissioned from the Department of Revenue. He proposed an amendment that would have removed that language from the bill.

Rep. Michael Howard (DFL-Richfield) objected to how Anderson and Wiener conveyed the state’s business climate.

“We just had an amazing jobs report here in Minnesota a couple days ago,” he said. “Our economy, the fundamentals of it, especially for corporations, is quite strong and growing. At some point, we have to stop listening to the boy who cried wolf on this stuff.”

Rep. Greg Davids (R-Preston) proposed amendments that would have removed language establishing nonconformity to the federal tax code on certain worker classification rules ; making the commissioner of Iron Range resources and rehabilitation the sole issuer of a type of revenue bonds; and binding the revenue commissioner to Tax Court opinions .

An amendment from Rep. Bjorn Olson (R-Fairmont) would have increased the exclusion amount for homesteads of veterans with a disability . Gomez said the measure would be prohibitively expensive for most taxpayers, with the Department of Revenue estimating in 2022 that it would cause a $3 billion shift in property taxes.

Gomez made a similar argument against an amendment from Rep. Chris Swedzinski (R-Ghent) that would have provided an exemption for certain property owned? or leased by congressionally chartered veterans organizations : That it would shift too much of the property tax burden to other local taxpayers.

Rep. Kristin Robbins (R-Maple Grove) sponsored one that would have authorized certain organizations to use gross profits from lawful gambling for repair, maintenance or improvement of real property? or capital assets. Rep. Dave Lislegard (DFL-Aurora) said the same language will appear in a bill on sports betting.

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Jerry Newton ( Democratic Party ) is a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives , representing District 35B . He assumed office on January 3, 2023. His current term ends on January 7, 2025.

Newton ( Democratic Party ) ran for election to the Minnesota House of Representatives to represent District 35B . He won in the general election on November 8, 2022 .

Newton served as State Representative for Minnesota House of Representatives District 37A from 2013-2017. He served as State Senator for Minnesota State Senate District 37 from 2017-2023.

On February 15, 2023, Newton announced he would not seek re-election to the Minnesota House of Representatives District 35B . [1]

1 Biography
2.1 2017 legislative session
2.2 2015 legislative session
2.3 2013-2014
3 Sponsored legislation
4.3.1 Campaign finance
6 Campaign finance summary
9 External links
10 Footnotes

Jerry Newton lives in Coon Rapids, Minnesota . Newton graduated from Osseo Senior High School in 1955. He served in the U.S. Army from 1955 to 1978 and reached the rank of Sergeant Major. Newton earned a B.A. in government from the University of Maryland in 1973 and an M.A. in international relations from Boston University in 1975. His career experience includes working as a business owner. Netwon served as a member of the Coon Rapids City Council from 1994 to 1999 and was a school board director of the Anoka Hennepin Independent School District 11 . [2] [3]

Committee assignments

Newton was assigned to the following committees:

Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee
Local Government and Municipal Finance Committee
Labor, Industry, Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy Committee , Chair
Energy and Utilities Finance and Policy Committee
Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy Committee , Ranking Minority Member
Family Care and Aging Committee
Senate Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Newton served on the following committees:

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Newton served on the following committees:

General election

General election for minnesota house of representatives district 35b.

Jerry Newton defeated Polly Matteson in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 35B on November 8, 2022.

Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Jerry Newton advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 35B.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Polly Matteson advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 35B.

See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2020

General election for Minnesota State Senate District 37

Incumbent Jerry Newton defeated Brad Sanford in the general election for Minnesota State Senate District 37 on November 3, 2020.

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Jerry Newton advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota State Senate District 37.

The Republican primary election was canceled. Brad Sanford advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota State Senate District 37.

Campaign finance

Elections for the Minnesota State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 9, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was May 31, 2016. Incumbent Alice Johnson (D) did not seek re-election.

Jerry Newton defeated Brad Sanford in the Minnesota State Senate District 37 general election. [4] [5]

Jerry Newton ran unopposed in the Minnesota State Senate District 37 Democratic primary. [6] [7]

Brad Sanford ran unopposed in the Minnesota State Senate District 37 Republican primary. [6] [7]

Elections for the Minnesota House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election was held on August 12, 2014, and a general election took place on November 4, 2014 . The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 3, 2014. Incumbent Jerry Newton was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Mandy Benz was unopposed in the Republican primary. Newton defeated Benz in the general election. [8] [9] [10]

Newton won election in the 2012 election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 37A. He ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on August 14 and defeated Mandy Benz (R) in the general election on November 6, 2012. [11]

Newton ran for re-election to the District 49B seat in 2010. He had no primary opposition. He was defeated by Branden Petersen (R) in the general election on November 2, 2010 . [12]

On November 4, 2008, Gerald Newton won election to the District 49B Seat in the Minnesota House of Representatives , defeating Jake Cimenski. [13]

Gerald Newton raised $23,149 for his campaign. [14]

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Jerry Newton did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

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↑ “Minnesota Legislative Reference Library,” “Legislative Retirements,” accessed January 23, 2024
↑ Facebook , "Jerry Newton," accessed March 31, 2023
↑ LinkedIn , "Jerry Newton," accessed March 31, 2023
↑ Minnesota Secretary of State , "Candidate Filing Search," accessed August 25, 2016
↑ Minnesota Secretary of State , "General election results, 2016," accessed December 19, 2016
↑ 6.0 6.1 Minnesota Secretary of State , "Candidate Filings," accessed June 3, 2016
↑ 7.0 7.1 Minnesota Secretary of State , "Minnesota State Primary: Tuesday, August 9, 2016," accessed August 9, 2016
↑ Minnesota Secretary of State , "2014 General Election Results," accessed November 4, 2014
↑ Minnesota Secretary of State , "State Canvassing Board Report," August 19, 2014
↑ Minnesota Secretary of State , "2014 State General Election Candidate Filings," accessed July 25, 2014
↑ Minnesota Secretary of State , "2012 State General Election Candidate Filings," accessed June 18, 2012
↑ Secretary of State Official general election results
↑ 2008 General Election Results
↑ Follow the Money's report on Newton's 2008 campaign contributions
↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
↑ Jerry Newton , "Issues," accessed September 21, 2016
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