Revise laws related to manufactured homes
HB 785 revises the laws for manufactured homes to be considered improvements to real property for tax and lending purposes. The bill outlines requirements such as removing running gear, attaching the home to a permanent foundation, and recording a statement of intent with the county. It also establishes a process to eliminate the manufactured home's certificate of origin or title once it is declared real property. Additionally, it creates an alternate process for older manufactured homes (built before October 1, 2005) with missing identification tags, allowing them to be considered real property if they have been taxed as such for at least one year. This affects owners of manufactured homes and the state agencies involved in titling and taxation.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 25, 2025
Signed May 13, 2025
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Floor votes · Senate Apr 7, 2025 · House Apr 18, 2025
How they voted
49–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 50
Apr 7, 2025
D
Democratic18
94% Yea
R
Republican32
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
49
Key actions
9
Committee
6
Amendments
1
May 8, 2025
Signed into law
(H) Signed by Governor
lower
May 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
Apr 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 18, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (98-0-2)
house
Apr 7, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (49-0-1)
senate
Apr 7, 2025
Introduced
(S) Returned to House with Amendments
upper
Apr 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Taxation
upper
Apr 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Taxation
upper
Mar 6, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Taxation
upper
Feb 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Taxation
lower
Feb 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Taxation
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Taxation
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Terry Falk
RRepublican
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