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Committee moves multiple bills: property-tax changes, shoreline protection and other measures cleared by panel
Summary
In executive action the Senate Local Government Committee passed several bills including SB32 (property-tax rate changes), SB168 (three-year lakeshore protection window), SB174 (statutory cleanup on buildings-for-lease/rent), and SB195 (narrow alcohol-consumption carve-out for 18–20-year-olds). SB32 passed 8–3; SB168 passed 9–2; SB195 passed 7–4; other bills passed on voice votes or unanimous consent.
The Senate Local Government Committee used the final portion of its meeting to take executive action on multiple bills.
SB32: The committee approved SB32 (property-tax changes) as amended after two committee-floor amendments addressing fiscal and inflation adjustments. Sponsors said the bill flattens some property-tax classifications—reducing rates on owner-occupied residential property and adjusting other classes—and would reduce some…
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