HB 1858: Eliminating the exemption for assignments or substitutions of previously recorded deeds of trust from the document recording fee and the covenant homeownership program assessment.

What this bill does

Removes the exemption for assignments or substitutions of previously recorded deeds of trust from the $183 housing and homelessness document recording surcharge. Removes the exemption for assignments or substitutions of previously recorded deeds of trust from the $100 Covenant Homeownership Program assessment.

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Floor votes

• House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 10, 2025
  51 yea · 42 nay · 5 not voting
• Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 11, 2025
  30 yea · 19 nay

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