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Senate Local Government & Housing

Thursday, March 19, 2026·▶ Watch / Listen

The Senate Local Government & Housing Committee advanced two housing and traffic-safety measures over Republican objections and watched a senator kill her own tax-increment-financing bill after three years of trying. HB26-1099 on HOA finances and HB26-1071 on interstate speed cameras both moved to the floor 5-2, while SB26-129 was postponed indefinitely at the sponsor's request.

Key Actions

·Local Government Vehicle Identification System on Interstate HighwaysPassed

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Notable Quotes

Senator Marchman, I hate to say this, but it gets easier after you PI your first bill. Unfortunately, that's been my experience.

Marc SnyderThe vice chair's wry consolation to a sponsor postponing her own bill for the first time.

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Votes

Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (5)William Lindstedt, Janice Marchman, Janice Rich, Marc Snyder, Tony Exum
No (2)Mark Baisley, Larry Liston
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (5)William Lindstedt, Larry Liston, Janice Marchman, Marc Snyder, Tony Exum
No (2)Mark Baisley, Janice Rich
Postponed indefinitely — bill killedAction
Yes (7)Mark Baisley, William Lindstedt, Larry Liston, Janice Marchman, Janice Rich, Marc Snyder, Tony Exum
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TranscriptPreview
Senate Local Government, Housing Committee will come to order. Ms. Alenzaro, please call the vote. Senators Paisley. President Linstedt. Liston. Here. Marchman. Here. Rich. Here. Snyder. Here. Mr. Chair, good afternoon. Good afternoon, everybody. I'm sorry for the delay. We were waiting on the upon adjournment committees. But we have three bills this afternoon and we're going to go a little bit out of order by request of bill sponsors. And we'll start with Senator Marchman when she gets settled for Senate Bill 129. Senator Marchman. Thank you, Mr. Chair and Committee. I've never done this before, but this bill has taken all kinds of forms. I've been working on this issue for about three years. I ran a bill in 23 that would have put some limitations on URAs on agricultural land. It passed, the governor vetoed it. So we've been in conversation with the gov's team and stakeholders, counties, fire districts and school districts ever since. What this bill would have done, I am going to move to postpone it indefinitely today. And that's the part that I've never done before, but I am going to move to postpone it indefinitely so that we can keep working on
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