 It was sent to interim study and not passed by either house of the legislature.In 2012, a legislative committee rejected House Bill 1393, which would have mandated that assessors use the sales comparison approach.The minority proposed an amendment to specify that “In no case shall a separate addition of the value of a view be included in the assessment under the sales comparison approach.”

In 2016, the Socialist government in Portugal authorized, at the option of the local councils, property tax on certain parcels valued above €250,000 to increase by up to 20% or decrease by up to 10% based on the desirability of the view from the property.