HELPUP:EliminatetheStatePropertyTax,LowerUtilityBills
Passed the HouseMost House Dems voted against
Eliminates the state property tax and real estate transfer tax, lowers utility rates $1 billion, and freezes them. Saves families $1,400 a year. Senate Democrats haven't passed it.
What we say
The Hall Effectively Lowering Property taxes & Utility Prices (HELP UP) plan saves families $1,400 a year... by addressing two of your biggest bills: Property taxes and utilities. Our plan eliminates the state property tax and those hidden costs of buying or selling a home, and it lowers utility rates by a BILLION dollars statewide — erasing the last three years of energy rate hikes by the MPSC.
Key facts
- Eliminates the 6-mill state education tax on property
- Eliminates the real estate transfer tax and the pop-up tax after a purchase
- Lowers monthly electric bills by $1 billion and erases the last three years of rate hikes
- Freezes rates for at least two years
- Schools keep record funding
Date arc
Announced
Passed the House (57-44)
Bill numbers
HB 5872-5879
The vote
May 20, 2026: 57-44. All but one Democrat voted against.