Bill Title: Allowing all counties to impose a real estate excise tax for the purpose of developing affordable housing, subject to the will of the voters.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-21 - First reading, referred to Finance. [HB1480 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Alex Ramel [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-040B	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Debra Lekanoff [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-040A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Davina Duerr [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-001A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Beth Doglio [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-022A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Julia Reed [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-036A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Lisa Parshley [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-022B	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Strom Peterson [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-021A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Nicole Macri [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-043A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Sharon Santos [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-037A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Shaun Scott [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-043B	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Gerry Pollet [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-046A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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