Each year NAR surveys state Association Executives and Government Affairs Directors  to identify the legislative priorities for each U.S. state and territory to develop resources in the following year. The survey is conducted by NAR’s Research Group and the REALTOR® Party.

Questions? Contact Susie Helm at 202-383-1117.

2019 Legislative Priorities Survey

A survey was sent to all state Government Affairs Directors (GADs) and Association Executives (AEs) in September 2018. Results reflect only ONE completed response per state. In three cases, both a state GAD and a state AE responded to the survey. In those cases, the final results reflect only the response of the state GAD. 53 out of 54 U.S. states and territories completed the survey, yielding a 98 percent response rate. The margin of error for the quantitative results is +/-1.81 percent. This is a high enough response rate and a low enough margin of error for results of closed-ended questions to be considered statistically valid and representative of all U.S. states and territories to within this margin of error.

2019 Legislative Priorities Survey Results

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Issue Stance

Support
79
Oppose
40
Undecided
35

Number of Issues By Region

Issues By State

Association Health Plans: NC,NH
First Time Home Buyer Savings Accounts: CO,DC,ID,MD,ND,NY,OH,OK
Flood Mapping/Climate Change/Insurance: HI,RI,VI
HOA/Coop: GA,ID,NM,NY,RI
Housing Supply/Affordable Housing/Workforce Housing: AK,CA,CO,GU,IN,MA,MN,MT,NE,OR,SC,TN,UT,VA,WA,WI
Infrastructure (water, transportation, schools, internet: AZ,DE,FL,KS,MI,MS,NC,VT,WI
Land Use and Construction: AZ,GU,NH,NM,NY,VA
• Impact fees: SC,UT
Landlord Tenant: AR,MT
• Service/Emotional Support Animals: AR,IA,MO
Local Municipality/Preemption Laws/Eminent Domain: AZ,DE,FL,GA,IL,TX
Professionalism Licensing: CA,CT,DC,IL,IN,KS,KY,LA,MD,MS,MT,ND,OH,OK,SD,VI,WV
• Disclosures: AK,LA,MN,MO,SD,WA
• E-notarization: IA,MO,OK
• Home Inspector Licensing: NM
• Point of Sale Requirements: MA,NJ,VT
• Real Estate Teams: PA,SD
Rent Control: IL,ME,NV,OR
Short-term/Vacation Rental Regulations: FL,GA,HI,ID,MI,NC,NH,NJ,NV,TN
Tax Reform: AK,AL,CT,KY,ME,MI,MN,OH,RI,SC,VA
• Budget Cuts: KY,ND
• Mortgage Interest Deduction: KS,OR
• Property Taxes: CA,CO,HI,ME,NE,NV,PA,TX,WI
• Sales Tax on Services: IN,LA,NE,UT,VT,WA,WV,WY
• Transfer Tax: AR,DC,DE,MA,MS,NJ,TN,WY
Other: IA