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Committee approves bill limiting local housing exactions after debate with Teton County officials
Summary
HB141 would bar cities and counties from imposing monetary or nonmonetary conditions (exactions) tied to workforce, affordable, or unmet housing on development permits after 07/01/2026; the committee added an exclusion for life-safety building codes following questions about scope.
The Appropriations Committee advanced HB141, titled by the sponsor as a "Fifth Amendment Protection Act," after an extended hearing that included testimony from county and municipal officials who said the bill would impair local workforce-housing strategies.
Sponsor's explanation Chairman Bair said the bill implements statutory protections for private property owners, citing the takings clause of the U.S. Fifth Amendment and the state constitution's provision that "property shall not be taken or damaged for public or private use without just compensation." The draft creates two new statutes prohibiting a…
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