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SB3031Introduced in the Senate

Relating To The Conveyance Tax.

IntroducedSenate Ways and Means

Introduced by Chris Lee, District 25

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Renames the Beach Restoration Special Fund as the Beach Preservation and Restoration Fund. Establishes the Special Subaccount of the Special Fund. Requires that all conveyance tax revenues collected from the conveyance or transfer of real property located in whole or in part in a sea level rise exposure area be deposited into the special subaccount of the Special Fund. Allows funds in the special subaccount of the Special Fund to be used to acquire property. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Where it stands

Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

February 20, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

SenateStage: Senate Water, Land, and Agriculture: Passed, With Amendments · February 13, 2026

4

Yes

0

No

1

Absent or Not Voting

5 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

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See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Lorraine Inouye1Yes
Stanley Chang9Absent
Rachele Fernandez Lamosao19Yes
Samantha DeCorte22Yes
Chris Lee25Yes

Bill history

  1. Introduced.

  2. Passed First Reading.

  3. Referred to WLA, WAM.

  4. The committee(s) on WLA has scheduled a public hearing on 02-06-26 1:00PM; CR 224 & Videoconference.

  5. The committee(s) on WLA deferred the measure until 02-13-26 1:00PM; CR 224 & Videoconference.

  6. The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WLA were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Inouye, Lamosao, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Chang.

  7. Reported from WLA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2521) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

  8. Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

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