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• I move that the House grant permission for all committees and subcommittees to meet while the House is
• U-T-R-G-V, welcome to your Texas house. move adoption.
• House Bill 908 the clerk will read the bill.
• capital investment fund program to fund the development of the workforce housing and the state authorizing
• Relating to the reimbursement of infrastructure costs incurred by developer of certain housing developments

Bills: HB9, HB22, HB908, HB1392

Keywords: property tax, ad valorem tax, tangible personal property, income-producing property, business personal property, tax exemption, local government finance, appraisal district, chief appraiser, rendition statement, property tax relief, small business, commercial property, leased property, related business entity, unified business enterprise, tax situs, Texas Tax Code, local taxing unit, constitutional amendment

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• The tour brought together cities, counties, developers, affordable housing advocates, and many others
• The tour brought together cities, counties, developers, affordable housing advocates, and many others
• By providing state support for infrastructure, this program would allow more housing developments to
• Housing Development Corporation.
• I am with Mission Housing Development Corporation.

Summary: The committee heard AB 736, a proposed $10 billion Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026, with Assembly Member Buffy Wicks and numerous housing, local government, labor, and advocacy groups testifying in strong support. Supporters said the bond would fund multifamily housing, permanent supportive housing, homeownership, preservation, farmworker, tribal, and other programs, and argued that the state needs new capital because prior bond funds are exhausted and many shovel-ready projects are waiting. Habitat for Humanity California opposed the bill unless it was amended to dedicate 10% of bond proceeds to Cal Home for affordable homeownership, and several senators said they supported the bond but wanted Cal Home strengthened. The committee voted do pass to Senate Appropriations, with the measure placed on call for absent members. The committee also heard SB 1361 by Senator Durazo, which would limit local governments from using SB 79 transit-oriented housing requirements as a reason to stall or condition planned transit projects. Los Angeles Metro, the Building Trades, and several cities and advocacy groups supported the bill, saying it would protect transit investments, jobs, and federal funding from opposition tied to future density around transit stops. Several groups that had initially opposed or been concerned about the bill, including West Hollywood, Streets for All, Greenbelt Alliance, California YIMBY, and the Bay Area Council, withdrew opposition or moved to neutral after amendments. The committee approved the bill as amended to Senate Local Government, with the measure also placed on call. Senator Grayson presented SB 1003, creating an Infrastructure Partnership Financing Program to help local governments and developers fund infrastructure needed for infill housing, and SB 1014, which would require local agencies to provide early, good-faith estimates and itemized lists of required on-site and off-site improvements for housing projects. Both bills were supported by housing advocates, Habitat for Humanity, SPUR, and industry groups, who said the measures would reduce uncertainty, late fees, and project delays. The committee advanced both bills as amended to Senate Appropriations, placing them on call. The committee also took up SB 908, which streamlines energy-code-compliant window replacement and limits aesthetic review, especially for residential replacements; it passed as amended to Appropriations after support from affordable housing and green building groups and no opposition. Later, Senator Allen presented SB 1092 and SB 1093 on mobile home park preservation and post-disaster protections. SB 1092 would give residents notice and an opportunity to make a competing bid when a park owner intends to sell, with supporters arguing it would help preserve unsubsidized affordable housing and protect displaced residents, while park owner representatives argued it would devalue properties, create litigation risk, and interfere with market transactions. SB 1093 would require more communication, access, and consideration of rebuilding or closure after disasters, and would restore certain resident reimbursement rights; supporters cited the Palisades fire and survey data showing residents lacked information and access, while opponents said the bill imposed onerous timelines, liability issues, and penalties and could force owners into rebuilding or compensation assumptions they disputed. Both bills were discussed at length, but the transcript ends before final recorded votes on them.

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• Please read the House bill.
• Senator, there is a companion House bill. Senator, there is a companion House bill.
• Read the House bill.
• Please read the House bill.
• Please read the House bill.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opening prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, several introductions, and an announcement that there would be no weekend conference. The chamber then took up a long special-order calendar of bills, generally moving each measure through third reading and final passage, often by substituting House companion bills. Early measures included trust law modernization (SB 786/HB 895), military affairs changes and Guard retirement corrections (SB 474), rounding rules for cash transactions as pennies phase out (SB 1074), podiatric medicine regulation and informed-consent requirements (SB 1092), veterans court expansion (SB 50/HB 199), RV park special assessment clarification (SB 118), concurrent jurisdiction for juvenile offenses on military installations (SB 502/HB 351), alcoholic beverage loss deductions (SB 678/HB 1137), and bail bond/pretrial release revisions (SB 600). Most passed unanimously or near-unanimously; SB 600 passed 36-1 after questions about charitable bail bonds and an amendment aligning with the House version and prosecutors’ concerns. The Senate also considered bills on portable electronics and eyewear insurance (SB 772), the linking industry to nursing education fund and health science workforce programs (SB 1246), recovery residences and behavioral health licensing (SB 1030, with a technical amendment on background checks and probationary licenses), felony battery enhancements for repeat offenders and offenses against law enforcement (SB 436), and child welfare changes including foster-home visitor screening, a permanent statewide Step Into Success program, and a best-practices repository (SB 1718). These measures were explained by sponsors as efforts to streamline regulation, improve workforce and health-care training, strengthen public safety, and reduce administrative burdens while preserving safeguards. Votes on these bills were overwhelmingly favorable, with final tallies typically 36-0 or 37-0. A major portion of the meeting was devoted to a farewell tribute to Senator Lori Berman. Members from both parties praised her leadership, collegiality, policy work, and advocacy on issues including voting rights, women’s rights, Israel and antisemitism, school safety, breast cancer, and family law. Berman delivered a lengthy farewell reflecting on her 16 years in the Legislature, her caucus leadership, and the importance of dignity, respect, and public service. The Senate adopted a motion to spread her remarks upon the journal and then recessed before returning to continue the calendar.

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• households. through its affordable housing programs and provide emergency housing, shelter, utility
• It's an affordable housing, you know, apartment complex, once again, it's the developer that picks the
• Department of Housing and Urban Development. How exactly is that impacting y'all's agency's work?
• What about development services? Development, can you elaborate?
• And the developers are moving.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• I'm the Associate Director of Housing Development with Mission Housing.
• I'm the Associate Director of Housing Development with Mission Housing.
• housing developments last year.
• Lowe from Mission Housing Development Corporation.
• are going to serve that housing development.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Uh, item 24, House Bill 137, that'll be Senator Munoz. 25, House Bill 402, Senator Block. 26, House Bill
• I move that house. House Bill 56 is amended do now patent.
• We're voting on House Judiciary Committee substitute, House Judiciary Committee substitute for House
• President, I move that House Bill let's see, the House Judiciary Committee substitute for House Judiciary
• And let's pass House Bill 1, House Judiciary Committee substitute for House Bill 49 twice amended.

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• House Bill 96 relates to the low-income housing tax credit.
• First up, we have House Bill 96, relating to the low-income housing tax credit.
• Moving on to our next item on the agenda, House Bill 106, relating to Agri Business Development Corporation
• Moving on to our next item on the agenda, House Bill 106, relating to Agri Business Development Corporation
• House Bill 106, relating to Agri Business Development Corporation.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The joint hearing of the Committee on Tourism and the Committee on Economic Development and Technology met on February 11, 2025, to hear House Bill 96 and House Bill 106. HB 96 would allow low-income housing tax credits to offset state transient accommodations taxes, limit the credit to taxes imposed in the same county as the qualified building, and make Act 129 permanent. The Department of Taxation opposed the bill, saying it would be difficult to administer, would complicate the tax system, and could be susceptible to abuse; it also noted the credit would benefit the hotel owner even though the tax is paid by the customer. The Tax Foundation of Hawaii raised consumer protection concerns. No other testimony was offered, and the chair later recommended deferring HB 96 for further work with the Department of Taxation and the committee. HB 106 would authorize the Agribusiness Development Corporation to financially support farming businesses engaged in agricultural tourism and expand the definition of enterprise accordingly. The Agribusiness Development Corporation testified in support, saying farmers requested the change, it would diversify income, and it would provide technical and financial support. The Hawaii Farm Bureau also supported the measure, and the chair noted eight pieces of testimony in support and one in opposition. No questions were raised, and the chair recommended passing the bill as is. The committee voted on HB 106, with the chair and vice chair voting aye, along with Representatives Holt, Hussey, Ilagan, and Todd; Representative Matsumoto was excused. The chair’s recommendation to pass HB 106 was adopted, and the hearing was adjourned.

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• As a housing development act, which has among its program purview, the housing development finance for
• In Skis Development in Albuquerque, it is a workforce housing project.
• this Opportunity Enterprise Housing Development Review Board.
• This was the same time that the housing development fund was approved.
• Housing developers, we think, would open up a nice partnership there.

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• <01:23:32.159> development<01:23:32.560> that kind of um housing development that kind
• of um housing development that we're<01:23:32.960> trying<01:23:33.120> to<01:23:33.280
• So what a credit enhancement agreement is, is when you develop land, when you put a house on it, you
• /c><02:40:42.160> of<02:40:42.319> housing developer to develop the kind of housing developer
• Um, I'm curious if you worked with a variety of tiny house developers or architects who have standard

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• The streets and the electric and the water that normally developers would pay for through the development
• The, uh, this was like 25 years ago whenever this was put in, this housing development, is that right
• When they were developed, they did not want to have city sewer, and they were allowed to develop.
• The state law currently allows a developer of the city to allow the developer or require the developer
• The chair moves that House Bill 954 without amendment be reported favorably to the full House with the

Bills: HB24

Keywords: groundwater, conservation, water permits, sustainability, resource management

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• as those areas develop.
• Attainable housing is located, which would be extremely helpful for developing our economy and our workforce
• housing that we need.
• So housing is a piece.
• and coal development.

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• that developers use.
• If you want to get more transit-oriented development and more housing development happening in Washington
• The developers were all private developers. Unfortunately, they asked to not.
• housing.
• housing.

Summary: The committee first heard a presentation from WSDOT on balancing uncertainty in capital program estimates and cash flow management. WSDOT explained the differences between design-bid-build and design-build delivery, its tiered risk-assessment process by project size, and how it uses base estimates, inflation, and risk modeling to set budgets. Staff said design-bid-build estimates are generally accurate within about 1% across the program, while design-build projects carry much wider uncertainty and are better communicated as ranges; they cited a P85 budget approach and noted that large, complex projects can be affected by market competition and long procurement timelines. Members asked about the Columbia River Bridge cost growth and about value engineering, and WSDOT said it uses value engineering but has limited scope to cut costs because of project requirements and policy mandates. Troy Swing also discussed cash flow, noting that a few large projects can significantly affect biennial funding needs, and said a risk pool would not reduce overall program risk but could help manage timing if paired with appropriation and cash-flow controls. The committee then received the final presentation in the WSDOT Project Delivery and Innovative Practices study from HKA Global. The consultant said WSDOT’s estimating practices are generally robust and recommended improving transparency by presenting budget authorizations as ranges or estimate classes, better tracking estimate growth over time, and adjusting advertisement timing to avoid competing lettings. The report also discussed surety bonding, suggesting the legislature consider restoring authority for reduced bonding on select large design-build projects or using phased bonding and alternative securities. On indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contracting, the consultant said current job order contract rules are restrictive and recommended legislative changes to make such tools more usable, especially for smaller tasks and to help use unspent funds more flexibly. The committee also heard a follow-up presentation on transit-oriented development policy recommendations tied to HB 1491. The Urban Institute’s Yona Freemark said Washington has been a national leader on TOD but that housing construction, especially in the Puget Sound, has slowed sharply since 2022. He said rising construction costs, high financing costs, and local tax and rent conditions are making many TOD projects infeasible, and recommended that the state fill infrastructure funding gaps around stations, revisit MFTE affordability requirements, consider minimum rather than average density requirements near transit, and create a statewide system to track TOD outcomes such as affordability, gentrification, and transit access. Members questioned the study’s developer interviews, the role of rent control and crime, property tax assumptions, and parking needs; the presenter said the study included five private developers, that rent control was not part of the study scope, and that parking was included in the model assumptions. Finally, the committee began a presentation on regulating emissions from ocean-going vessels at berth. Staff and consultants described California-style at-berth rules, which require shore power or equivalent emissions controls so ships can shut off diesel auxiliary engines while docked. The study is examining vessel traffic, emissions reductions, implementation costs, labor and operational needs, and possible effects on port competitiveness and cargo diversion. No votes or formal actions were taken during the meeting.

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• in our economic development growth.
• I'm here today to speak in support of Senate File 542, which creates a test case for housing development
• is helping us get a critical development is helping us get a critical development we<00:02:55.159
• <00:05:25.639> Development<00:05:26.160> by A test case for housing development by
• does spur the largest housing does spur the largest housing development<00:14:25.560> in<

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• Since we've created the affordable housing fund, we've supported 119 developments so far with 3,500 units
• This affordable housing fund is really a complement for developers.
• This affordable housing fund is really a complement for developers.
• Workforce housing affordable housing and Workforce housing affordable housing and Supportive<00:12:40.120
• We advocate for policies that increase access to housing, and our members are developers, property managers

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• Housing Development or the Housing Housing Development or the Housing Authority<04:15:39.640>
• development of affordable housing.
• development of affordable housing.
• development of affordable housing.
• development of affordable housing.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• , Development, Development, Housing<01:04:37.160> and<01:04:37.280> General<01:04:37.920
• Uh, Senate Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs will also meet immediately after the fall
• Uh Senate Economic Development<02:12:32.360> Housing<02:12:32.640> and<02:12:32.720>
• General<02:12:33.040> Affairs Development Housing and General Affairs Development Housing

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• Um, I'm owner of Ellison Development.
• affordable housing.
• We couldn't afford a house.
• They prevent property owners from using their property, developing it, but it also has an impact on housing
• Then House Bill 24 has 21 witnesses, and House Bill 2797 has 30 registered. So it could be a while.

Bills: HB24

Keywords: groundwater, conservation, water permits, sustainability, resource management

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• Dean Minami, Executive Director of the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation.
• Housing Finance and Development Development Development Corporation<00:04:09.239> Wendy<00:04
• workforce housing.
• Statewide comprehensive economic develop Statewide comprehensive economic develop development<00
• that so that developers can develop and that so that developers can develop and that that<00:38:57.599

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• House Bill 381, out of House Finance, Mr. Speaker, goes even further.
• Will the House please come back to order? Will the House please come back to order?
• I would like to quote from some House committee meetings from 12 years before Houseful 138.
• moves forward with developing.
• Shall Committee Substitute for House Bill 381, Finance, as amended, pass the House?

Keywords: 905, all

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• We are here this morning to present House Commerce and Economic Development Committee substitute for
• House Bill 27.
• The House Bill 27 is a bill to modernize our high tech research and development tax credit.
• I'm here to support House Bill 27.
• , so using certain types of AI built-out systems that can do full housing development within a factory

Keywords: 996, all