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House advances a package of bills on neighborhood businesses, tax prepayment and condo resale rules; multiple measures pass
Summary
The House passed a set of bills on third reading that would allow small businesses in residential zones with local controls, permit voluntary prepayment of capital-gains taxes, update condominium resale certificate requirements, and create pilot programs for industrial symbiosis and employer-transit partnerships. Vote tallies were announced on the floor.
The House of Representatives advanced and passed a series of bills during its session in Olympia, moving measures on neighborhood small businesses, capital-gains prepayment, condominium resale certificates, industrial symbiosis incentives and school financing through final passage.
Several of the bills were advanced under suspension of the rules and took final votes on the floor. Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 1175, which would allow small businesses to operate in some residential zones with local parameters and added floor-area provisions, passed after amendment and final roll-call vote. Representative Clicker, the bill’s prime sponsor on the floor, said the measure “opens opportunity in neighborhoods” and “brings people together,” arguing it supports small neighborhood markets and community cohesion. Representative Paulette urged support as a way to address parents’ concerns about what is visibly advertised in neighborhood storefronts.
House Bill 1376, permitting taxpayers to prepay…
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