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House debate on HB 169: multiple amendments fail after extended discussion over equity and funding
Summary
Lawmakers debated numerous second‑reading amendments to HB 169, a bill to reduce homeowner property taxes. Proposals to limit eligibility, prioritize 'hardship' counties, lower the cap to $450,000 and to fund the change with a 0.75 percent sales tax increase were all rejected. The bill was ordered read a third time.
Representative Yin offered a second‑reading amendment to House Bill 169 to limit the homeowner-property-tax exemption to dwellings occupied more than six months a year; she argued this would prevent out‑of‑state owners who occupy homes only part of the year from receiving the exemption. Opponents said the department that administers the program lacks the data and application process to implement such a change without further work. The House rejected that amendment.
Representative Williams moved a second‑reading amendment seeking to prioritize reimbursement to counties defined as "hardship counties" (counties where 1 mill yields less…
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