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Panel approves amended bill barring municipalities from banning traditional open-house tours
Summary
Lawmakers amended and advanced House Bill 422 to prohibit municipalities from barring or selectively blocking open-house events used to market homes, while preserving municipalities' ability to enforce building, occupancy and safety rules and sign ordinances.
Representative Walter presented House Bill 422 to the Business, Labor and Commerce Committee, saying the bill would protect longstanding real-estate marketing practices such as single-property open houses, realtor tours and builder 'parade of homes' events. He said some local governments had begun to question whether event…
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