BILL · 2025–26 SESSION

SB 5479: Open space incidental use

Providing tax relief for certain incidental uses on open space land.

Summary

Adds agritourism activities as an allowable use under the Open Space Property Tax Program.
Reduces the penalty for removal of land from the Current Use Valuation Program from the amount of tax otherwise due for the past seven years to the past four years.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5479), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to providing tax relief for certain incidental uses on open space land;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 5479 (2023–24) Long-term care/referendum · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5479 (2021–22) Beverage alcohol/workforce · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5479 (2019–20) State credit union act · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5479 (2017–18) Shared parental leave · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5479 (2015–16) Contractor fining by DES · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5479 (2013–14) Safekeeping of firearms · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5479 (2011–12) High school math & science · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5479 (2009–10) Juveniles & courts · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor