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• 2029, and further clarifies that no new data center can qualify for the data center equipment TPP exemption
• Moving on to the veterans' property tax exemption...
• Moving on to the veterans' property tax exemption, it expands the disabled veteran property tax exemption
• to allow the surviving spouse of a disabled veteran to continue to claim the exemption if the spouse
• page three, at the bottom of it, and it carries over to page four, is the veteran property tax exemptions

Keywords: 1182, all

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• Why should there be an exemptions.
• there be an exemption? there be an exemption?
• <01:10:14.159> is barred, maybe we say the exemption is barred, maybe we say the exemption
• ,<01:10:21.679> it's there's really good exemptions, it's there's really good exemptions,
• <01:14:26.960> exemptions<01:14:27.520> are you mentioned um those exemptions are you

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• <01:21:24.719> from family caregivers to be exempted from family caregivers to be exempted
• exemption from work requirements<01:21:45.199> under<01:21:45.520> 7USC.
• > caregivers explicitly exempt family caregivers explicitly exempt family caregivers using<01:
• from SNAP work requirements to be considered under that exemption.
• from SNAP work requirements to be considered under that exemption.

Bills: SF0122, SJ0006, SF0121, SF0106

Keywords: medical necessity, insurance, healthcare policy, independent review, claim processing, shared parenting, family law, joint custody, child well-being, parental rights, pharmacy, collaborative care, healthcare, prescriptions, patient safety, Wyoming Pharmacy Act, welfare, Medicaid, employment, eligibility verification

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• > for<01:06:06.079> Native Please provide an exemption for Native Please provide an exemption
• <01:53:05.199> state permit requirements and to exempt state permit requirements and to exempt
• essentially exempt all of those things that are exempted from the definition of development, even if
• <01:55:06.080> things drafted would exempt those things drafted would exempt those things
• <03:24:26.880> for targeted permitting exemption for targeted permitting exemption for projects

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs heard testimony on HB 1875, which would expand Hawaii’s existing protections to include gender-affirming health care, clarify permitted disclosures of protected health information, and bar certain adverse actions by malpractice insurers and health carriers against providers of lawful reproductive or gender-affirming care. The Insurance Division of DCCA supported the bill with a technical amendment, suggesting language tied to actuarial analysis rather than the phrase “actuarially sound.” The Office of Information Practices also provided comments. Most testimony was strongly in support. State agencies and advocacy groups, including the Hawaii State Youth Commission, State Health Planning and Development Agency, Commission on the Status of Women, Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, Hawaii Public Health Institute, Stonewall Caucus, ACLU of Hawaii, PFLAG Oahu, Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates, the Healthcare Association of Hawaii, and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, said the bill would protect patient privacy, reduce chilling effects from out-of-state litigation, and help retain providers in a state already facing shortages. Several testifiers said gender-affirming care is medically necessary, evidence-based, and life-saving, and emphasized that Hawaii should protect its own health care decisions from outside political pressure. A few individuals testified in opposition, arguing the bill was unnecessary or that it protected providers more than opponents of the bill, but these views were not echoed by most of the testimony. The chair repeatedly reminded testifiers to keep comments brief and maintain decorum. The transcript provided does not include a final committee vote or disposition on the bill.

Transcript Highlights:

• intelligence, including an AI Bill of Rights for Floridians, and creating, as necessary, public records exemptions
• This is just the public records exemption that goes along with the bill we just voted on.
• President Pro Tempore Brodeur, if you would remark on this in your close, who is exempted from public
• Who would be exempted? Further debate? Seeing none. President Brodeur, you are recognized to close.
• Those files, I believe, are exempted while that's going on. Okay.

Keywords: 998, house, all

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• Nix: Simple amendment to clarify the exemption for single-family residences created by the bill and it
• Concern Vice Chair Mooney: authorizes governments to adopt ordinances to provide ad valorem tax exemption
• for certain portions of property to provide affordable housing subject to privacy limitations for exemptions
• Vice Chair Mooney: and provides exemptions for specified payment bond requirements for specified entities
• Section 1 which authorizes Vice Chair Mooney: governments to adopt ordinances and provide ad valorem exemptions

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• S. 274, an act relating to the sales and use tax exemption for fuel used in a residence for domestic
• Listen to the first reading. >> S. 274, an act relating to the sales and use tax exemption for fuel used
• relating to the sales and use tax an act relating to the sales and use tax for<00:05:03.440> exemption
• 04.160> fuel<00:05:04.720> used<00:05:05.040> in<00:05:05.199> a for exemption
• for fuel used in a for exemption for fuel used in a residence<00:05:05.840> for<00:05:06.160>

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• Madam Chair, members, House Bill 135 seeks to clarify the tax code in relation to tax exemptions for
• House Bill 135 aims to define exotic game animals within the scope of the agricultural exemptions and
• It dealt with relating to an exemption from certain motor fuel taxes for counties.
• It dealt with relating to an exemption from certain motor fuel taxes for counties.
• They're using it; they're a government agency, so just making them exempt from having to pay the fuel

Bills: HB135

Keywords: civil liability, motor vehicle, legal protection, removal, animals

Summary: The Senate Finance Committee heard Senate Bill 2345, as a committee substitute, which would reform the Austin Firefighter Retirement Fund. Senator Schwertner explained that the bill is based on an agreed voluntary funding soundness restoration plan between the City of Austin and the fund, and would create a new reduced benefit tier for firefighters hired on or after January 1, 2026, adjust COLAs for current retirees, establish an actuarially determined funding model to address legacy liabilities and 2024 asset losses over 30 years, and add new board seats. Mayor Kirk Watson, city finance staff, the fund executive director, trustees, and retired firefighters all testified in support, describing the measure as an agreed-to, fiscally responsible compromise that protects benefits, supports recruitment, and reduces risk to taxpayers. The committee adopted the committee substitute, but left SB 2345 pending. The committee also heard House Bill 135, which clarifies tax treatment for exotic game or exotic livestock operations by defining them within agricultural exemptions and stating that sales of exotic livestock are not subject to sales and use taxes. Senator Flores described it as a clarification to provide consistency and fairness, and a witness for the Exotic Wildlife Association said it would resolve a Comptroller-related tax issue and benefit ranchers, landowners, and hunters. The committee closed public testimony and reported HB 135 favorably to the full Senate, with a motion to place it on the local and uncontested calendar. Senate Bill 771, by Senator Hinojosa, was also heard and later reported favorably. The bill would allow diesel fuel used in auxiliary power units or power takeoff units to qualify for the same fuel tax credit or refund already available for gasoline, correcting an inadvertent exclusion from the 2003 motor fuel tax rewrite. A witness supported the bill as a matter of tax equity. The committee then considered House Bill 1109, the House companion to SB 935, which exempts counties from certain motor fuel taxes on fuel used in county vehicles; Senator Hall explained it as simply exempting government agencies from paying the tax on their own vehicles. HB 1109 was reported favorably to the full Senate. The committee adjourned after completing its business.

Transcript Highlights:

• One of those ideas was to exempt supply.
• This year's bill makes those technical changes and adds two new exemptions.
• Uh sales by the adds two new exemptions.
• Um, this bill, House File 2184, allows for an exemption for paying.
• This exemption court fee requirements.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Shouldn't all of those churches have lost their tax-exempt status because of that?
• But for a pastor, priest, rabbi, anyone like that in those positions, it does not risk the tax-exempt
• The bill passes. priest, rabbi, anyone like that in those positions, it does not risk the tax-exempt
• HB 903 and SB 1604 both exempt correction officers from any penalties for placing tracking devices on
• It updates the filing obligations for security issuers under the Florida Invest Local Exemption Law,

Summary: The Senate convened with opening prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions and introductions, including guests from Miami Northwestern Senior High School, Clay County, and a moment of silence for Pope Francis. The chamber then took up a motion to reconsider the prior day’s failed vote on CS for SB 1080 (local government land regulation), which was adopted without objection, and moved into the special order calendar. A series of bills were debated and mostly passed, often after substituting House companions. Measures approved included funding for expedited DNA testing grants, additional aggravating factors in capital cases, fertility preservation coverage for cancer patients, commuter rail indemnification, migrant vessel disposition, specialty license plates, an Alzheimer’s and dementia awareness campaign, relocation of the Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys to Florida Memorial University, charter school changes, sexual offender registration updates, utility worker assault/battery penalties, juvenile justice revisions, student mental health outcome reporting, foster home licensure transfers, water access facilities, Florida Virtual School changes, school readiness resources for children with disabilities, sexual images/child exploitation penalties, tampering with electronic monitoring devices, certified recovery residences, the FSU Election Law Center, the Office of Faith and Community, and bonuses for county tax collector/property appraiser employees. Several bills were temporarily postponed, including measures on social media use by minors, veterans’ nursing homes, Parkinson’s disease, mental health and substance use disorders, education, educator preparation, benefits for certain officers injured in the line of duty, school social workers, and brownfields. Debate centered on public safety, health care access, education, recovery housing, and government administration. Some of the most substantive discussion came on the Office of Faith and Community bill, where an amendment to bar political activity by office staff was offered and defeated after extended debate over election-related communications and the proper scope of existing ethics laws. The certified recovery residences bill also drew extensive support and testimony about addiction recovery and housing stability. Most bills passed on strong bipartisan votes, with a few receiving notable opposition, including the charter schools bill, the aggravating factors bill, and the Office of Faith and Community bill.

Transcript Highlights:

• Shouldn't all of those churches have lost their tax-exempt status because of that?
• But for a pastor, priest, rabbi, anyone like that in those positions, it does not risk the tax-exempt
• HB 903 and SB 1604 both exempt correction officers from any penalties for placing tracking devices on
• It updates the filing obligations for security issuers under the Florida Invest Local Exemption Law,
• It updates the filing obligations for security issuers under the Florida Invest Local Exemption Law,

Summary: The Senate convened with an opening prayer by Rabbi Moshe Umatz, the Pledge of Allegiance led by pages, and several introductions and recognitions, including guests from Miami Northwestern Senior High School, Clay County, and a moment of silence for Pope Francis. The chamber then moved to the special order calendar after a motion to reconsider SB 1080, which was temporarily postponed. Several bills were also set aside during the day, including measures on social media use by minors, veterans’ nursing homes, Parkinson’s disease, mental health and substance use disorders, education, educator preparation, and school social workers. The Senate passed a series of bills, often substituting House companions for Senate bills. These included funding for expedited DNA testing grants for local law enforcement (SB 1072/HB 847), additional aggravating factors in capital cases involving religious, school, or government gatherings (SB 984/HB 693), fertility preservation coverage for cancer patients (SB 924/HB 677), commuter rail indemnification for Miami-Dade and Broward counties (SB 916/HB 867), restrictions on disposing of migrant vessels in Florida waters (SB 830), specialty license plates including Miami Northwestern and several colleges and institutions (SB 824), an Alzheimer’s and dementia awareness campaign (SB 398), relocation of the Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys to Florida Memorial University (SB 364), charter school changes allowing parent conversion and municipal job-engine charter schools (SB 140), sex offender registration reporting changes (SB 1654/HB 1351), penalties for assaulting utility workers (SB 1386), juvenile justice revisions and truancy process updates (SB 1344), reporting of student mental health outcomes (SB 1310/HB 969), foster home license transfer simplification (SB 1174/HB 989), water access facility funding and boating industry incentives (SB 1162/HB 735), Florida Virtual School operational changes (SB 1122), school readiness program support for children with disabilities (SB 1102), sexual image offenses involving minors (SB 1180/HB 757), age-related defenses in child sex offense cases (SB 1136/HB 777), tampering with electronic monitoring devices (SB 1054/HB 437), certified recovery residences and local zoning accommodations (SB 954), and the FSU Election Law Center (SB 892). Most of these bills passed with strong bipartisan support, though SB 984 and SB 140 drew some opposition. One of the most extensive debates centered on SB 820, codifying the Office of Faith and Community. Senator Polsky offered an amendment to bar political activity by office staff, citing emails and campaign-related communications tied to Amendment 4; the amendment failed on a 13-23 vote. Senators then debated the bill’s relationship to state election law, free speech, and the role of faith-based outreach. Supporters emphasized the office’s service network and reported benefits to children and families, while some senators raised concerns about interfaith representation and political use of government resources. The bill was then read a third time and the Senate proceeded toward a final vote as the transcript ended.

Transcript Highlights:

• Is the tax-exemption status of churches...
• But they would fall under tax exemption.
• It's not just, if you're a 501(c)(3), all your property is forever and always tax exempt. Exempt.
• They own the land; it's non-profit, property tax exempt.
• And I think it's important that we know for the exempt, for the religious exempt.

Bills: HB24, HB2015, HB2149, HB2559, HB2701, HB2797, HB3172, HB24

Keywords: zoning, public notice, local government, residential development, protests, water conservation, municipal utility districts, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, environmental regulation, groundwater management, nonconforming uses, zoning regulations, land use, property rights, municipal authority, municipal moratorium, development moratorium, property development, subdivision, site plan

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• , the income exemption.
• a tax exemption.
• So you're willing to continue, you're willing to do you working on the larger exemption.
• So, and I don't really hear from you where you feel like the lodger exemption is appropriate.
• The bill doesn't limit losing the lodger exemption to just those that are working nonprofits.

Summary: The committee heard several bills, with the most detailed discussion focused on AB 316, AB 251, AB 474, AB 1201, AB 464, and AB 614. AB 316 would prevent AI developers or deployers from arguing in civil cases that an AI system’s alleged autonomy absolves them of responsibility. Supporters framed it as a narrow guardrail to protect families, especially children, from harms like dangerous chatbots and deepfakes; opponents, including TechNet and the Chamber of Progress, raised concerns about possible strict-liability implications. The bill was moved out of committee to Privacy and Consumer Protection. AB 251 would let judges lower the burden of proof in elder abuse cases when a skilled nursing facility or RCFE intentionally destroys evidence. Supporters said the measure is needed because elder abuse victims are often unable to testify and records are vulnerable to spoliation, while opponents argued existing sanctions are sufficient and warned of more litigation. The bill passed, with committee members emphasizing the vulnerability of elder abuse victims. AB 474 sought to expand nonprofit home-sharing programs, including tax incentives for low-income homeowners and changes to housing law and lodger rules. Supporters said it would help older adults and low-income Californians avoid homelessness, but several members and the California Apartment Association raised concerns about removing lodger-law protections for homeowners; the author committed to keep working on the issue. The bill passed to Human Services. AB 1201 would give courts discretion to provide family reunification services to parents with certain violent felony convictions, rather than applying an automatic bypass. Supporters from Starting Over Inc. described personal experiences with permanent family separation and argued the bill would give parents a fair chance when the conviction is unrelated to child safety. Some members supported the measure but questioned whether domestic violence histories should be treated differently; the author said the bill still allows courts to deny services when reunification would endanger a child. The bill passed to Human Services. AB 464 addressed sexual abuse and retaliation in state prisons by extending reporting time after release, adding 90-day monitoring after reports, barring rehiring of confirmed abusers, and strengthening reporting and anti-retaliation rules. Survivors testified about abuse, retaliation, and failures in CDCR’s response; the bill passed to Appropriations. AB 614 would standardize the Government Claims Act filing deadline at one year for all claims. The author and supporters argued the current six-month deadline for injury and wrongful death claims is too short for victims to learn the process, find counsel, and gather evidence, while businesses often get a full year. A civil rights attorney and a family member of a deceased jail detainee testified in support, describing how the current deadline can block meritorious claims. The bill was presented for committee consideration as the hearing continued.

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• So it's a continual TPP exemption that has been ballooning, doubled from last year.
• So it's a continual TPP exemption that has been bought. buy new servers.
• So it's a continual TPP exemption that has been ballooning, doubled from last year.
• puts a special exemption from taxes for a specific industry.
• the SALT exemption, allowing people with big houses to take large deductions.

Keywords: 1182, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So it's a continual TPP exemption that has been ballooning, doubled from last year.
• So it's a continual TPP exemption that has been bought. buy new servers.
• So it's a continual TPP exemption that has been ballooning, doubled from last year.
• puts a special exemption from taxes for a specific industry.
• the SALT exemption, allowing people with big houses to take large deductions.

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, roll call, and several guest recognitions, including a student honored for a national Mandarin speech contest, a Ms. Black Arizona candidate, and a Madison Elementary School reusable-tray pilot program. The body also recognized interns and approved the prior journal. The chamber then moved through Committee of the Whole calendars and adopted committee reports recommending passage of a series of budget-related bills. The main legislative business centered on the 2026-27 budget package and related omnibus measures, including appropriations, budget implementation, capital outlay, commerce, criminal justice, environment, health care, higher education, human services, K-12 education, state property, revenue/taxation, and transportation bills. Most of these measures were advanced with do-pass recommendations, with repeated debate focused on the tax omnibus and the overall budget’s policy choices. Supporters argued the package provided affordability, tax relief, conformity with federal tax changes, reduced government spending, and reforms to entitlement and other programs; opponents argued it favored corporations and wealthy taxpayers, cut health care, food assistance, housing, tourism, wildfire response, and education, and would forfeit federal matching funds. Several members specifically criticized the failure to close the data center tax exemption and to raise sports betting taxes, while supporters defended those provisions as pro-business and pro-growth. There was also discussion of fund sweeps, including university research funds, housing trust funds, and other agency balances, with opponents saying the sweeps targeted encumbered or already-committed money. After debate, the Senate adopted Committee of the Whole reports and advanced the bills, and later took up House bills introduced and placed on third reading, with members explaining their votes on HB 4138, the General Appropriations Act, largely along party lines. At the end of the session, the Senate processed messages from the House requesting the return of SB 1160 and SB 1786 for reconsideration, and the Senate requested the House return HB 2415 for reconsideration. The chamber also introduced and placed several House budget bills on third reading, including HB 4138 through HB 4153, continuing the budget process.

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• <00:25:42.520> with<00:25:42.760> certain that restores the exemption with certain
• that restores the exemption with certain limited<00:25:43.840> exceptions<00:25:44.679> that
• Notably, existing farms and conserved land would be grandfathered in and exempt from regulation.
• Again, existing farms would be exempt from regulation.
• Again, existing farms would be exempt Again, existing farms would be exempt from<00:32:30.480>

Keywords: 926, house, all

Summary: The House began with a devotional and then took up several Senate bills for first reading and referral: S. 323 on miscellaneous agricultural subjects, S. 325 on regional planning and Act 250 tier jurisdiction, and S. 328 on housing and common interest communities. The chamber then adopted House Resolution 16, reaffirming Vermont’s friendship with Taiwan and supporting stronger bilateral relations and Taiwan’s participation in international organizations. The resolution was adopted by voice vote after its reading, and remarks followed welcoming guests from Hazen Union School and Director General Charles Lao of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Boston. During the action calendar, the House postponed action on H. 657, relating to services for unaccompanied homeless youth, for one legislative day. It then passed H. 727 on sustainable data center deployment, H. 935 on emergency management, and H. 938 establishing the Vermont homelessness response continuum. The House also committed H.R. 15, another Taiwan friendship resolution, to the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development. The main substantive debate centered on H. 941, relating to municipal regulation of agriculture. The committee explained the bill as a response to a Vermont Supreme Court ruling and described it as restoring limits on municipal regulation of farms while allowing narrow local exceptions and creating a stakeholder group to continue studying the issue. Testimony came from a broad range of agricultural, municipal, and policy stakeholders, and the committee reported a 7-0-1 vote. An amendment offered by Representative Durfee, based on feedback from the House Environment Committee, replaced a Tier 1A concept with parcel-size-based exceptions, clarified state authority over growing fruits, vegetables, and flowers, and adjusted the stakeholder charge; the House adopted the amendment and ordered the bill to third reading. The House also heard announcements about committee appointments, caucus meetings, a public hearing on community safety concerns, and then adjourned until April 1, 2026.

Transcript Highlights:

• The bill first increases the value of real property exempt from the transfer tax from $100 to $1,000.
• The bill adds three new exemptions from the transfer tax.
• Finally, transfers without consideration involving mineral interests are also exempted.
• I think it's seeking to prevent abuse of the exemption.
• That is, if there's no money exchanging hands, then you fall within the exemption. Okay, all right.

Keywords: 994, senate, all

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• The legislature also exempted sales of these services between affiliated entities.
• These are all health-related educational services and should be exempt from this tax.
• Health-related educational services and should be exempt from this tax, just like our hospitals are.
• This committee in the Washington legislature must exempt school districts from this tax.
• We need to be exempt from this. Thank you so much.

Summary: The House Finance Committee held a work session that began with welcoming new member Rep. Janice Zahn, who introduced herself as representing the 41st Legislative District. The Department of Revenue then gave an update on the Antio-related legislation following the Washington Supreme Court decision and the 2025 session changes. DOR explained its voluntary disclosure program and the new expanded voluntary disclosure agreement for taxpayers with unreported investment income, including broader eligibility and interest/penalty relief, but said utilization has been minimal so far because additional implementation questions remain unresolved. The committee next received the annual update on the Working Families Tax Credit. DOR reported record participation in 2025, with about $205 million refunded through October and a major increase in applications after TurboTax added the credit to its filing software. Officials said most dollars went to households with children, outreach efforts remained important, and community partners and state agencies helped increase uptake. Members focused heavily on fraud concerns, especially tax preparers allegedly filing claims without applicants’ knowledge or diverting refunds; DOR said it is using fraud detection tools, training preparers, and trying to make applicants whole, but current law does not provide direct penalties against preparers. The final portion covered implementation of engrossed substitute Senate Bill 5814, which expanded sales tax to certain services. DOR described the new tax framework, its guidance process, and the large volume of ruling requests and outreach since the law took effect October 1. Committee members asked about fiscal assumptions, the scope of taxable services, and whether the department had revised its implementation estimates; DOR said the fiscal note assumed broad application absent explicit exemptions and that no expenditure revision had been made. In stakeholder testimony, Expedia and T-Mobile argued the law creates complexity and competitive disadvantages for Washington businesses, while a construction training provider said the tax raises tuition for workers seeking required certifications. School and nonprofit representatives said the tax will increase costs for special education services, arts programming, and other public-facing activities, and urged exemptions or further legislative fixes. The chair closed by noting the committee would revisit 5814 in the next session and then adjourned the meeting.

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• The major issue facing Fort Worth is the non-exemption of development agreement properties entered into
• development agreements in Fort Worth and to Forego exempting regional water CCNs, uh, and expanding
• the exempt radius around our military base.
• The bill exempts these exempts these transactions from certain width requirements and statutory barriers
• Um, our read of it, and we have a question on the condominium part of it, whether it would exempt, uh

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• Relating to the requirements for and transparency of epimediological reports and immunization exemption
• HB 2812 by Isaac relating to the exemption of public water. supply wells from regulation permitting or
• HB 2825 by Craddock relating to the sales and use tax exemptions and refunds of certain tangible personal
• HB 2839 by Isaac, relating to a tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher. for certain
• HB 2848 by Dutton relating to the exemption from or refund of tuition and fees for certain lower divisions

Keywords: 1184, house, all