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• directly from DEED.
• directly from DEED.
• directly from DEED.
• directly from DEED.
• directly from DEED.

Committee: House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

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• </c> through quick claim deeds. through quick claim deeds.
• </c> quick claim deed fraud in New Hampshire. quick claim deed fraud in New Hampshire.
• from warranty deeds in any official way, and registers of deeds have no ability to not file a deed that
• </c> deeds have no ability to not file a deed deeds have no ability to not file a deed that<03:46:09.440
• </c> the person did use a quick claim deed. the person did use a quick claim deed.

Committee: House Judiciary

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• They do not submit this to DEED.
• And DEED has a role there as well.
• </c> on to the business um and uh and deed on to the business um and uh and deed has<00:24:46.080><c>
• We've not been asked to do that by DEED. That is not part of our guidance from DEED. Okay.
• </c> document and shared those with deed. document and shared those with deed.

Committee: House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

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• This amount funds DEED, 331,622,000.
• </c> spending of deed and DLI. spending of deed and DLI.
• Um it really of both labor and deed.
• We run the labor market information office at DEED.
• MDE deed office of higher education MDE deed office of higher education um<00:33:23.360><c> department

Bills: HF2440

Committee: House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Keywords: labor market, employment, economic development, funding, data analysis

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• There was a u deed and mortgage tax.
• tax in those two mortgage and deed tax in those two counties<00:22:27.840><c> are</c><00:22:28.880><
• </c><00:24:30.080><c> Um,</c> mortgage and registry uh, deed tax.
• Um, mortgage and registry uh, deed tax.
• Um, so the Hennepin and Ramsey County deed and mortgage taxes were enacted in 1997.

Committee: Senate Taxes

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• counties do it, but some counties do offer a service where, if there's a transaction on your title deed
• Well, you've got good recorders of deeds and bad recorders of deeds, but everybody gets elected, right
• But not every recorder of deeds does as good a job as some of the other ones.
• But not every recorder of deeds does as good as job as some of the other ones.
• It would be a lot stronger and more deterrent if we could talk to the recorder of deeds and the banks

Committee: House Financial Institutions

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• According to the OA report that was released last week, DEED managed $354 million in state grants in
• deed must uh deed must well already deed must collect<00:41:29.680><c> certain</c><00:41:30.079><c>
• Uh, last week, deed only Melton.
• ,</c> because in order to get money from deed, because in order to get money from deed, you<00:48:01.520
• is like a mini deed for the Asian-American<01:08:49.440><c> community.

Committee: Senate Jobs and Economic Development

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• Then article six comes from the DEED policy bill.
• Then article six comes from the DEED policy bill.
• </c><00:18:04.000><c> So</c> deed, uh another fund breakdown. So deed, uh another fund breakdown.
• So training programs division of deed.
• Um at the same time we are also deed.

Committee: Senate Jobs and Economic Development

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• Under current law, a mortgage or deed of trust can only serve as a fixture filing if the debtor's name
• It allows a mortgage or deed of trust to serve as a fixture filing without requiring an exact ID name
• In 44 states, the mortgage or deed of trust, it's a done deal.
• Also, as a practical matter, a mortgage or deed of trust can be effective for 60 years.
• Also, as a practical matter, a mortgage or deed of trust can be effective for 60 years.

Summary: The Assembly Banking and Finance Committee met as a subcommittee at first because a quorum was not yet present, then proceeded with bill presentations and later formal votes once enough members arrived. The chair reviewed committee procedures, including how to submit written testimony and rules for witnesses and conduct. The agenda included AB 771, AB 1507 on the consent calendar, and AB 1166. AB 771 by Assemblymember Massetto was presented as a technical fix to California’s Uniform Commercial Code. Supporters said it would allow a mortgage or deed of trust to serve as a fixture filing without requiring an exact match to the debtor’s ID, reducing duplicate filings, fees, and administrative burdens. There was no formal opposition, and the committee voted due pass. AB 1507 was then adopted on the consent calendar with a due pass recommendation. AB 1166 by Chair Valencia addressed debt settlement protections for small business commercial financing recipients by extending existing California debt settlement standards from consumer loans to business loans. Supporters, including the Responsible Business Lending Coalition and several financing providers, said the bill would curb harmful practices and align incentives, while still allowing debt settlement services. Members asked about the private right of action and statutory damages, and the bill was approved due pass. The committee later reopened the rolls for absent members, recorded additional aye votes, and adjourned after completing the agenda.

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• One just has some headlines for some deed fraud bills, or deed fraud that has occurred in Arizona.
• One just has some headlines for some deed fraud bills, or deed fraud that has occurred in Arizona.
• including ... ...with a deed.
• And then our only option would be to find the criminal and ... with a deed.
• I've personally witnessed the devastation caused by deed fraud.

Summary: The committee heard HB 2842, a deed-fraud prevention bill that would create an early alert system for property owners when escrow is opened on their property. The sponsor and several witnesses, including a victim, an Attorney General investigator, and the Department of Real Estate commissioner, described widespread deed fraud and said the bill would provide proactive notice before a fraudulent transfer is completed. The committee adopted the Blackman amendment shifting the reporting entity from DIFI to the State Real Estate Department, then passed the bill with a due pass recommendation by a 7-0 vote. Members then considered HB 2667, which would require recipients of state first-time homebuyer or down payment assistance programs to be Arizona residents for two years and to occupy the home as a primary residence for two years, while barring out-of-state investors from using the homes as rentals. The sponsor said the bill was intended to help younger Arizonans and keep assistance focused on residents invested in the state. Opponents and other members raised concerns that the bill could conflict with existing federal and lender requirements and could reduce participation in local down payment programs; after discussion, the committee passed the bill 4-3. HB 2020 was heard next and would reduce certain school-disruption offenses to a class 1 misdemeanor for minors and narrow the definition of interference with an educational institution. The sponsor and a parent described a case in which a student was charged too harshly after a school altercation, while a public commenter urged case-by-case discretion and warned against saddling children with felonies. The committee passed the bill 4-3. The committee also advanced HB 2793, which streamlines annexation procedures for single-owner annexations and updates notice rules, including electronic newspaper publication. After adopting two amendments, members passed it 4-3. HB 2327, which allows eligible individuals to restrict public access to certain identifying information held by county recorders, assessors, and treasurers, passed unanimously. HB 2858, creating a 1% Arizona-bidder preference in certain state procurement ties, also passed unanimously after amendment. HB 2660, which adds procedural protections and oversight for health profession licensing board actions, passed 4-2 after testimony from the sponsor and a physician who said board actions had chilled speech and due process. Finally, HB 2063, appropriating $1.5 million for the Independent Correctional Oversight Office, passed unanimously after strong support from oversight advocates and former corrections stakeholders, and HB 2681, extending civil-service appeal deadlines from 10 calendar days to 10 business days, also passed unanimously. The committee then discussed HB 2812, which would raise the sick-leave payout cap for retiring state employees from $30,000 to $57,000; witnesses supported the increase and members began discussing a possible amendment to allow retirees to transfer the payout into a health savings arrangement, but the transcript ends before final action on that bill.

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• I'm a deed fraud victim, real estate broker, and started a YouTube channel to help victims recover their
• As far as investigations go, again, I told you we've had 300 deed fraud complaints.
• So we call when the deed comes to us, before we...
• So we call when the deed comes to us, before we So we call, when the deed comes to us before we transfer
• deed, and it comes up to us.

Committees: House Government , House House Government Committee of Reference

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• And then we will hear the DEED budget bill, file number 1832, which I will present.
• It's in partnership with DEED.
• The five-step program starts at NDC; our accountants look at it, it goes to DEED, and DEED looks at the
• </c> accountants look at it it goes to deed accountants look at it it goes to deed and<00:10:29.320><
• </c> predominantly what happens here is deed predominantly what happens here is deed is<01:36:18.840>

Committee: Senate Jobs and Economic Development

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• to kind of talk about plans for how to address this fiscal note, and in that meeting DEED described
• </c> the second year and Beyond um deed the second year and Beyond um deed interpreted<00:14:42.839><
• </c><00:15:16.040><c> assumed</c> um and in the fiscal note deed assumed um and in the fiscal note deed
• </c><00:36:18.960><c> Pro</c> situation I believe was so as deed Pro situation I believe was so as deed
• </c> but it doesn't get released until deed but it doesn't get released until deed releases<01:26:00.639

Bills: HF3

Committee: House Ways and Means

Keywords: legislative auditor, reporting, accountability, state finance, executive agency oversight

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• Deed fraud occurs when a bad actor records a forged deed, mortgage, or other instrument in the chain
• Deed fraud occurs when a bad actor records a forged deed, mortgage, or other instrument in the chain
• Any voluntary transfer, deed, mortgage, easement, quick claim deed, deed of trust, lease, option, or
• deed In discussing the deed fraud<00:40:43.080><c> protection</c> fraud protection fraud protection
• </c><00:42:49.400><c> trust,</c> easement, quick claim, deed of trust, easement, quick claim, deed of

Committee: Joint Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions

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• I'm a deed fraud victim, real estate broker, and started a YouTube channel to help victims recover their
• that my criminal was caught because the California notaries take a fingerprint when notarizing the deed
• As far as investigations go again, I told you we've had 300 deed fraud complaints.
• So we call when the deed comes to us, before we ...
• deed, and it comes up to us.

Committee: House House Government Committee of Reference

Summary: The House Committee on Government heard and advanced several bills. SB 1479 would require photo identification for certain documents recorded at county recorder offices, add identifying measures for notarized real property documents, and increase the penalty for knowingly submitting a false claim or forgery related to real property from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 5 felony. Testimony from a deed fraud victim, county assessors, the Attorney General’s office, and an online notary representative emphasized the bill’s role in preventing deed fraud; the chair also said he would run a floor amendment to tighten the ID-recording provisions. The committee voted 7-0 to give SB 1479 a due pass recommendation. SB 1473 would prohibit counties and municipalities from capping the number of residents in assisted living homes, restricting such homes on residentially zoned property, or requiring extra administrative documents based solely on resident count. Supporters from the Arizona Assisted Living Homes Association and a Paradise Valley operator said local occupancy reductions from 10 beds to 6 could force closures, worsen the shortage of senior care beds, and undermine affordable residential care; members discussed parking concerns and the growing need for assisted living. The committee voted 7-0 to give SB 1473 a due pass recommendation. The committee also considered SB 1663, which creates a Freedom of Speech Monument Committee to nominate two deceased individuals each year for the Freedom of Speech Monument and allows placement of a monument in the governmental mall. After limited testimony, including one opponent, the committee voted 4-1 to advance the bill. Finally, SB 1686, which would rename Wesley Bolin Plaza the Wesley Bolin and Charlie Kirk Freedom Plaza and authorize memorials for Charlie Kirk and Don Bowles, drew extended debate and an unsuccessful amendment to separate the Charlie Kirk and Don Bowles provisions. After testimony for and against, the committee voted 4-3 to give SB 1686 a due pass recommendation, and the meeting adjourned.

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• Members, to hearing some overview from our partners at DEED and, uh, Department of Labor.
• I’d like to welcome our friends from DEED.
• He continued, “DEED has resources to try to help at all stages.
• </c><01:08:29.080><c> in</c> certainly and if we look at deed in certainly and if we look at deed in
• I know DEED went before me and they talked about some vocational rehabilitation.

Committee: House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

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• DEED is not asking that we want some choice or anything.
• DEED is not asking that we want some choice or anything.
• DEED is not asking that we want some choice or anything.
• DEED is not asking that we want some choice or anything.
• DEED is not asking that we want some choice or anything.

Bills: HF1976

Committee: House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

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• So last year I brought a deed fraud bill to this committee, and I appreciate all your support.
• So last year, I brought a deed fraud bill to this committee, and I appreciate all your support.
• Her adventure fighting deed fraud took over two years and $10,000s of dollars in attorney fees.
• including... ...with a deed.
• I've personally witnessed the devastation caused by deed fraud.

Summary: The House Committee on Government heard and advanced several bills, beginning with HB 2842 on deed fraud prevention. The bill would create an early alert system so escrow agents notify the Arizona Department of Real Estate when a property transaction is opened, allowing property owners to be alerted before a fraudulent sale is completed. Representative Contreras, a victim, and other witnesses described serious deed fraud cases and said the bill would provide proactive protection; the Department of Real Estate commissioner said most tracked fraud cases would have gone through escrow and outlined a simple registration and alert process. The committee adopted a Blackman amendment changing the receiving agency from DIFI to the State Real Estate Department and then passed HB 2842 with a do pass recommendation. The committee also passed HB 2667, which tightens eligibility for state first-time homebuyer and down payment assistance programs by requiring two years of Arizona residency and two years of owner occupancy, and barring out-of-state investors from using the homes as vacation or short-term rentals. The sponsor said the bill was intended to ensure the programs benefit Arizonans who are invested in the state, but committee members and representatives from local housing entities warned it could conflict with federal FHA rules, reduce lender participation, and create unintended consequences for local IDA programs. Despite those concerns, the bill received a do pass recommendation. HB 2020, which reduces certain school disruption offenses involving minors to a class one misdemeanor and narrows the definition of interference with an educational institution, also passed after testimony from a parent describing a student being charged with a felony for a school altercation and a nonprofit witness urging more trauma-informed treatment of children. Other measures advanced included HB 2793, which streamlines annexation procedures for single-owner annexations and modernizes notice requirements, with amendments clarifying treatment of municipally owned adjacent territory and allowing electronic newspaper publication; HB 2327, which allows eligible individuals to request suppression of identifying information held by county recorders, assessors, and treasurers to protect privacy while preserving title plant access; and HB 2858, which gives Arizona bidders a preference in state procurement tie situations, supported by local business groups as a way to keep public money in-state. The committee also passed HB 2660, which sets procedures and due process protections for health profession board licensing actions and adds JLAC to the list of entities receiving investigative reports, with the sponsor and a naturopathic physician arguing that board actions can chill speech and lack adequate oversight. Finally, the committee approved HB 2063 to appropriate $1.5 million for the Independent Correctional Oversight Office, HB 2681 to change civil service appeal deadlines from calendar days to business days, and HB 2812 to raise the sick-leave payout cap for retiring state employees from $30,000 to $57,000; members discussed possible future amendments to let retirees direct those funds into health savings arrangements. Most bills were reported out with do pass recommendations, and the committee adjourned after the final vote.

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• Article 5 is all repealing obsolete programs with DEED.
• Article 5 is all repealing obsolete programs with DEED.
• Article 5 is all repealing obsolete programs with DEED.
• Article 5 is all repealing obsolete programs with DEED.
• </c><00:41:51.040><c> like</c> &gt;&gt; To deed, a quick question for you. like &gt;&gt; To deed, a quick

Bills: HF3732

Committee: House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

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• This is also includes a provision uh erroneously left out of the DE to provide instruction to deed regarding
• </c> DE to provide instruction to deed DE to provide instruction to deed regarding<00:04:42.320><c> relocation
• Um, and I do agree that there is a lot of overlap between Minnesota State and what DEED funds.
• </c> overlap between minstate and what deed overlap between minstate and what deed funds.<00:39:07.720
• Um, you know, I think we can, you know, DEED can probably figure that out.

Committee: Senate Jobs and Economic Development