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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Conference Committee on SF2298 5/17/25
Transcript Highlights:
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- of the Affordable Housing Industry to develop a preservation framework to preserve affordable housing
- </c><00:09:57.519><c> Housing</c> members of the Affordable Housing members of the Affordable Housing
- more</c> more affordable housing, uh, for more more affordable housing, uh, for more housing<00:28:30.480
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Lowering Energy Costs Through Innovation / Improving Housing Affordability and Fraud Protections May 29th, 2026
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- ><c> state,</c><00:01:14.800><c> but</c> affordabilities across the state, but affordabilities across
- More than 60% of the state's lowest-income renters don't have access to affordable housing options.
- </c><00:15:03.560><c> However,</c> to affordable housing options.
- However, to affordable housing options.
- </c> upon and driven by the housing market. upon and driven by the housing market.
Summary:
The program focused first on Minnesota’s energy and affordability agenda, with Senator Nick Frentz discussing the state’s clean-energy leadership, rising electricity demand, and the Senate’s 100% clean energy framework. He said Minnesota’s clean energy growth supports jobs, lowers costs for ratepayers, and includes recent wins such as sustainable aviation fuel tax treatment in the supplemental budget. Frentz also said the Senate passed an energy omnibus bill that continues clean-energy permitting reforms, promotes conservation and demand response, and includes a nuclear study rather than lifting the nuclear moratorium.
Frentz spent much of the interview defending data centers as both a challenge and an opportunity. He said large hyperscale projects can create major construction jobs and substantial local property-tax revenue, while a 2025 law requires data-center companies to contribute to low-income energy assistance and report water use. He pointed to the Google data center planned for Pine Island as an example, saying it is air-cooled, will pay $5 million a year, and will fund 1,600 MW of clean energy at its own expense, which he argued could save Xcel ratepayers money over time. He also said climate change is already driving higher costs through homeowners insurance and storm damage.
The second segment highlighted Senator Zach Duckworth’s housing and banking bills. Duckworth said Senate File 4168 would make it easier to finance investment properties by giving buyers more flexibility to roll closing costs and lender fees into payments, while keeping strong protections in place for primary residences. He emphasized that the bill is not about predatory lending and is intended to expand options for informed investors. He also described Senate File 4652 as an anti-fraud, no-cost measure that lets bank customers name a trusted contact so banks can alert someone if suspicious activity is detected. Duckworth said both bills passed unanimously in both chambers, and he credited quick action and good working relationships across the aisle for their success.
The program closed with a broader reflection on the end of session and the Senate’s political climate. It noted that 15 senators are retiring and two are leaving for higher office, and that final floor votes often split along party lines, including one bill passing 34-33. Several retiring senators used farewell speeches to urge civility, compromise, and putting people first, while the segment emphasized that despite partisan conflict, quiet bipartisan cooperation still produced much of the session’s enacted legislation.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee Apr 20th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Affordable housing projects lose crucial and extremely limited affordable housing dollars by paying for
- AB 2089 would reduce the cost of sustaining affordable housing by allowing eligible organizations to
- Affordable housing operates on very thin margins, and the cost savings associated with the welfare tax
- Affordable housing providers must also abide by locally imposed requirements, which may vary from county
- Affordable housing providers must also abide by locally imposed requirements, which may vary from county
Summary:
The Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation heard several bills, most of them referred to the suspense file because of their fiscal impact. AB 2465 and AB 1675 would deny state grants, loans, tax credits, or other benefits to companies doing business with ICE or related immigration-enforcement agencies; both drew strong support from immigrant-rights, labor, and community groups, and opposition from CalChamber and industry groups that argued the bills were overly broad and could affect unrelated federal contracts. AB 1633 would impose a 50% gross receipts tax on for-profit private immigration detention facilities, with supporters saying it would hold companies accountable for dangerous conditions and opponents warning it was punitive and could disrupt detention operations. The committee also heard AB 2089, which would streamline the welfare property tax exemption process for affordable housing, and AB 2250, a cleanup bill to clarify hemp enforcement laws; both were supported by affected industry and advocacy groups, while county assessors and tax collectors opposed AB 2089 unless amended over workload and implementation concerns.
AB 2172, which would allow counties to use a single-member assessment appeals commissioner for complex property tax appeals, was the only bill taken up for a vote during the meeting. Supporters, including Los Angeles County Assessor Jeffrey Prang, said the change would reduce a large backlog and speed resolution of appeals; the committee adopted amendments and passed the bill 4-0 to the Assembly Committee on Appropriations. The committee also heard AB 2319, creating a proposed post-production tax credit to keep film and television post-production work in California, with support from labor and industry representatives who said jobs and spending were leaving the state; the author said the bill still needed work on labor standards and the annual credit cap.
Finally, AB 2403 was presented to create a commercial production tax credit to keep commercial shoots in California. The author and supporters said commercial production has declined sharply in the state and that other states are winning work through targeted incentives, while labor-backed witnesses argued the bill would protect middle-class jobs and local spending. The transcript ends during the presentation of AB 2403, before any vote or final action on that measure.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- How do large-scale home purchases by investment firms affect housing affordability and home ownership
- along with you, housing affordability isn't really the purview of the Texas Real Estate Commission,
- And we'd like to work with you on that so that everybody can be granted housing affordability across
- And we'd like to work with you on that so that everybody can be granted housing affordability across
- And we'd like to work with you on that so that everybody can be granted housing affordability across
Committee:
Senate Nominations
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Nominations held its final nomination hearing of the session and considered three nominees: J.B. Goodwin for the Texas Real Estate Commission, Courtney Yaltman for the Public Utility Commission of Texas, and Thomas Gleason as PUC chairman. Goodwin described his long career in real estate and charitable work, and senators questioned him extensively about the Real Estate Commission’s self-directed, semi-independent status, housing affordability, institutional homebuyers, property insurance costs, disclosure issues, and the Burnett v. National Association of Realtors case. Yaltman and Gleason were questioned about PUC oversight of ERCOT, post-Winter Storm Uri reforms, utility resilience and vegetation management after Hurricane Beryl, water and telecommunications oversight, staffing and transparency, and rising infrastructure and utility costs.
Much of the discussion focused on housing and utility affordability, with several senators urging the nominees to keep consumer protection and public trust at the forefront. Goodwin said housing affordability and large-scale investment purchases were not within the Real Estate Commission’s direct purview, though he supported further study. Yaltman and Gleason said the PUC had increased oversight of ERCOT, improved communication and accountability with utilities, and was working on resiliency plans, rate-setting issues, and infrastructure planning while trying to avoid overburdening ratepayers.
The committee first voted to favorably report nominees left pending from the May 5 agenda by a 6-0 roll call vote. After public testimony was opened and closed, the committee then voted on the nominees heard that day and favorably recommended all three to the full Senate for confirmation by a 7-0 vote. The committee then recessed subject to the call of the chair.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Local Government Committee Jul 1st, 2026
Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- Folsom has built over 1,000 affordable housing units using our local affordable housing trust fund.
- fund more affordable housing construction.
- fund more affordable housing construction.
- As affordable housing developers are working on building more affordable housing, many are encountering
- This not only prevents affordable housing developers from building more affordable housing, it could
Committee:
House Local Government
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 01/21/25
Housing and Homelessness Prevention
Transcript Highlights:
- You'll hear me talk about housing that is Affordable as opposed to affordable housing because it seems
- You'll hear me talk about housing that is Affordable as opposed to affordable housing because it seems
- housing aid both the local affordable housing aid both the local affordable<00:53:34.319><c> housing
- </c><00:53:44.839><c> housing</c> to as the Statewide affordable housing to as the Statewide affordable
- </c><01:29:09.280><c> housing</c> just no affordable housing just no affordable housing left<01:29:12.239
Committee:
Senate Housing and Homelessness Prevention
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 2/19/25
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:42:00.280><c> be</c> affordable housing and so that'd be affordable housing and so that'd be
- Our cities are beginning to look at ways to accelerate housing projects, and especially affordable housing
- Those affordable housing units where we're so short.
- housing in Northeast of affordable housing in Northeast Minnesota<00:50:17.040><c> so</c><00:50:17.240
- , more workforce affordable housing.
Committee:
House Housing Finance and Policy
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- The House will come to order.
- House Bill 2868. I'm sorry, that was House Bill 2902.
- House Bill 2671. House Bill 2671.
- House Bill 2868. House Bill 2868. House Bill 2868.
- House Bill 2976. House Bill 2976.
Summary:
The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, attendance, and a series of guest introductions and recognitions, including Doctor of the Day Dr. Eric Osowski, State Farm visitors, Donate Life Day participants, and representatives from Ganado and Chinle Unified School Districts. The chamber also read proclamations honoring Ganado Unified for the ASBA Golden Bell Promise Program Award and Chinle Unified for multiple academic and cultural achievements, including national recognition for Chinle Elementary School and district leadership.
The body then moved through committee and floor business, including consent for the Senate to adjourn, first and second readings of several bills, and a motion to reconsider HB 2429. In Committee of the Whole, HB 2093 was amended to restore mental health instruction while removing social emotional learning, HB 2229 advanced after debate over reproductive health and abortion-related provisions, HB 2429 and HB 2950 were amended and recommended do pass, and HB 4136 also advanced as amended. The House adopted the Committee of the Whole report and referred the measures to engrossing.
The chamber then considered HB 4001, a bill regulating alternative nicotine products, with amendments and debate focused on licensing, enforcement, youth access, and whether to add a tax or education provisions; the bill was recommended do pass as amended. It also debated HB 4030 and the related HCR 2052, both aimed at limiting municipal tax and fee increases and allowing increases tied to inflation or new water-source costs. Amendments offered by Democrats to redirect the measures toward affordability, housing, and health insurance claims were ruled out of order or defeated on roll-call votes, while the Olson substitute amendments prevailed. The House ultimately adopted the Committee of the Whole report, sending HB 4001, HB 4030, and HCR 2052 forward as amended.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on Climate Crisis, Resources, Energy, and Transportation Apr 30th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Housing, transit, affordability, equity, and jobs.
- housing, I'm not seeing much value from the connection of affordable housing with transit, not because
- To the extent that we do fund housing with this, I say drive it all for a truly affordable. housing and
- target that affordable housing for the people that live in that particular community.
- So you can go in and you can say we got these people moved into affordable housing. housing that currently
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Jan 27th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- housing for people... ...to our homelessness crisis, which is building permanent and affordable housing
- What is more central to addressing affordability than affordable housing?
- We have an unconscionable housing crisis at every income level, and particularly in housing that's affordable
- every affordable housing project is there; there are very few affordable housing projects way out far
- Nearly every affordable housing project is now exempt from CEQA.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Local Government Feb 3rd, 2026 at 10:30 am
Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- We have a, wow, we have a packed house.
- density, affordable housing, housing for seniors or persons with disabilities, or investment in transit
- , workforce housing.
- Housing affordability is in continued crisis in our state, and a major factor of this crisis is the complex
- It is a significant increase, and it is affecting our communities with housing availability and affordability
Committee:
House Local Government
Keywords:
municipal permitting, transit projects, high capacity transit, infrastructure, urban development, residential development, commercial zones, mixed-use zoning, urban planning, state regulations, county ferry district, ferry district, passenger-only ferry, passenger ferry, Puget Sound, Vashon, Seattle, Southworth, county transportation, local taxing authority
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Rural Development, Land Grants And Cultural Affairs Feb 3rd, 2026
House Rural Development, Land Grants And Cultural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- As an organization that also builds affordable housing, we see firsthand how zoning, entitlements, and
- housing code, and reworking our affordable trust fund.
- The primary folks who need affordable housing are extremely low-income folks in New Mexico, and they
- , what would then be the next step to put in affordable housing if that's what people were calling on
- A lot of different cities that have built more housing have seen housing become more affordable as the
Summary:
The committee first took up HB 110, as amended by a committee substitute, which would require quarterly public reporting of housing development and permitting data by Class A counties and municipalities over a population threshold. The sponsor and supporters said the bill is intended to improve transparency, identify bottlenecks in housing approvals, and help policymakers and developers understand permitting timelines and staffing needs. Support came from home builders, realtors, economic development, housing advocates, and some local officials, who argued that consistent data would help address New Mexico’s housing shortage and support better policy decisions. Opponents, mainly from the Municipal League and several smaller cities, argued the bill was an unfunded mandate, a step toward state preemption of local control, and a burden on municipal staff; they also warned it could expand to smaller communities later.
Committee members raised concerns about rural impacts, the lack of penalties in the bill, whether the data already exists and could be obtained voluntarily, and what the state would do with the information after collection. The sponsor said the bill was only a reporting measure, not a preemption bill, and that the data would help identify where resources or staffing support are needed. During discussion, the sponsor agreed to amendments discussed with the Vice Chair to raise the population threshold from 30,000 to 40,000 and add a five-year sunset, which would remove several smaller municipalities from coverage. The committee then voted 4-3 to give the committee substitute a do pass recommendation, with the bill itself receiving a do not pass recommendation; several members explained their votes by emphasizing either support for the data effort or concern about mandates and future expansion.
The committee then heard HM 24, which asks the Guadalupe Hidalgo Treaty Division of the Department of Justice and the Land Grant Council to study the potential consequences of restructuring the Las Vegas land grant. The sponsor and witnesses explained that the Las Vegas land grant is uniquely managed through the Fourth Judicial District Court and that the memorial would help explore the historical basis for that arrangement and possible paths toward greater autonomy. Supporters said the study could help the land grant move toward independent governance and clarify procedures and policies. The committee approved the memorial on a do pass motion without opposition, and the meeting adjourned afterward.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Feb 10th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- So we're going to hear House Bill 120. We're going to hear House Bill 120.
- But moving right along, our next bill is House Bill 329, Energy, Affordability, and Grid Reliability,
- Our next bill is House Bill 329, Energy, Affordability, and Grid Reliability, with Representative Dixon
- I am here this morning to present House Bill 329, which creates the Energy, Affordability, and Grid Reliability
- And I also will note, as all of you in the House obviously know, when House Bill 2 moved out of the House
Summary:
The committee first handled House Memorial 20, which was revised by committee substitute to broaden a proposed study group from renewable energy infrastructure to energy infrastructure more generally. The substitute added the Department of Indian Affairs and allowed the secretary of EMNRD to invite relevant federal agencies. Members generally supported the change, and the memorial received a do pass on a roll call vote.
The main policy debate centered on House Bill 311, the Virtual Power Plant Act. The bill would require utilities and public utilities to develop virtual power plant programs that aggregate distributed energy resources such as batteries, smart thermostats, EV charging, and other devices to provide grid services. Supporters argued it would improve reliability, lower peak demand, and reduce long-term costs, while opponents, especially PNM, warned about feasibility, cybersecurity, third-party aggregator risks, cost recovery limits, and possible rate impacts. Committee members pressed the sponsor and expert on customer participation, third-party regulation, opt-in/opt-out protections, equity for low-income customers, and whether solar-only customers could participate. After extensive discussion, the bill passed 6-5.
The committee then heard House Bill 329, which would create the Energy, Affordability, and Grid Reliability Council, a Blue Ribbon-style commission administratively attached to the PRC and funded with a $2 million appropriation. Supporters said it would bring together experts to study affordability, grid reliability, and modernization and produce recommendations for future action. Critics questioned the cost, overlap with the earlier memorial, the governor-appointed structure, and whether another task force was needed. The bill passed 7-4.
Finally, the committee heard House Bill 309, which clarifies that energy storage property is valued under the special property tax method used for other electric generation, transmission, and distribution assets. Supporters from the storage and clean power industries said the change would reduce uncertainty and encourage investment. The transcript cuts off before the committee’s final action on HB 309.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Local Government Committee Apr 22nd, 2026
Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- There's a lot of interest in using factory-built housing to build more affordable housing in California
- Housing has been a legacy issue for the council because without housing that workers can afford, it's
- Affordability—I know we're all working on affordability and housing—and I think this bill may not get
- to encourage development of affordable housing.
- So we know students need affordable housing desperately.
Committee:
House Local Government
PA
Pennsylvania 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session (Jun 25 2026)
Pennsylvania Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- President, I request that House Bill 1442, House Bill 1646, House Bill 1830, House Bill 1860, and House
- President, I request that House Bill 928 and House Bill 1102 go over in their order.
- Senator Pittman requested that House Bill 928 and House Bill 1102 go over in their order.
- Pennsylvanians are facing an affordability crisis from all sides, whether it's gas, housing, groceries
- affordability.
Summary:
The Senate returned from recess and first handled routine calendar matters, laying several bills on the table or over in their order without objection. The chamber then took up Senate Bill 1400, which addresses sentencing for second-degree murder in response to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s Commonwealth v. Lee decision. Senator Street offered an amendment to replace mandatory life without parole with parole eligibility after 25 years and individualized review, but the Senate tabled the amendment by a 26-24 roll call. The bill then advanced to final passage after extended debate over whether it adequately met the court’s constitutional ruling and how it would affect victims, culpability, and retroactivity. It initially passed 31-19, then after reconsideration and a correction to one member’s vote, passed 30-20 and was sent to the House.
The Senate next considered Senate Bill 1212, which tightens the handling of sexual assault evidence kits by removing discretionary language that had contributed to inconsistent testing practices. Supporters said it would improve statewide consistency, preserve a survivor’s right to decline testing, and help reduce the rape kit backlog. The bill passed unanimously, 50-0, and was sent to the House. The chamber then moved through additional calendar items, including re-referrals of several House bills to Appropriations and multiple bills being passed over.
Later, the Senate took up House Bill 1667 on a supplemental calendar after suspending the rules. The bill became the vehicle for several amendments tied to affordability and tax policy. Senators adopted a back-to-school sales tax holiday amendment, a data-center tax exemption repeal amendment, and a school-choice-related amendment transferring EITC provisions and increasing scholarships by $25 million. Other proposed amendments, including a digital advertising tax and a combined reporting corporate tax reform, were tabled. After further debate on the bill’s impact on electric bills, data centers, and the state budget, House Bill 1667 was agreed to as amended and the Senate recessed.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, December 16, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The House will be in order.
- "Mayor Barnaby championed the cause of affordable housing, helping working families across Canton realize
- </c> of living as families struggle to afford of living as families struggle to afford housing,<02:36
- in the House.
- At a time when families are struggling to pay for groceries, healthcare, and housing, they cannot afford
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Parents who have aging children are unable to afford housing.
- Parents who have aging children are unable to afford housing.
- She was struggling to find housing and was able to find an affordable housing unit, and the landlord
- them</c><00:37:50.400><c> to</c> affordable housing or requiring them to affordable housing or requiring
- c> my</c> help make housing more affordable um my help make housing more affordable um my only<03:46:
Committee:
House Housing
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Why are we not replenishing Florida's affordable housing trust funds?
- We should have been talking about lowering insurance premiums, expanding affordable housing, and reducing
- affordability?
- We should be worrying about affordable housing, and, you know, for good and sake we did under President
- And they can't afford the housing. So they're trying to make tough, tough decisions.
Summary:
The Senate took up Committee Substitute for Senate Joint Resolution 2F, a proposed constitutional amendment on property tax reform. The measure would increase the homestead exemption in stages, lower the assessment cap on non-homestead property from 10% to 5%, and limit county and municipal ad valorem tax revenues to specified uses such as public safety, education, infrastructure, natural resources, debt service, employee benefits, and certain administrative costs. Supporters, led by Senator Avila, argued the proposal would provide meaningful property tax relief and push local governments to rein in spending, while opponents warned it would shift costs to fees, reduce local flexibility, and threaten funding for core services.
Several amendments were offered and rejected. Senator Sharief proposed an income-based circuit breaker for property tax relief; Senator Smith offered a sunset clause; and Senator Berman proposed revising the ballot statement to better match the amended proposal and remove outdated references. Each amendment failed on recorded votes. During questioning and debate, senators pressed Avila on the ballot language, the effect on local services, whether the legislature could later restrict local spending by statute, and whether renters would benefit. Avila said the ballot language was not his and repeatedly stated he was presenting the governor’s proposal, while also saying local governments would need to prioritize budgets and that future legislatures could address implementation details.
After the amendment votes, the joint resolution was read a third time and moved into final debate. Supporters said the proposal would give homeowners relief and force fiscal discipline at the local level. Opponents, including Senators Nathan, Bracey Davis, Smith, Polsky, and Errington, argued the measure was rushed, lacked a completed fiscal analysis or replacement revenue, and could harm police, fire, libraries, parks, housing, and other local services. They also criticized the ballot summary as misleading, especially regarding the staged homestead exemption increase. The transcript ends during debate, before any final vote on the joint resolution itself.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/26
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- there's</c><00:53:30.079><c> mom</c> housing more affordable, if there's mom housing more affordable,
- Affordable housing is no more, and we are in crisis.
- </c> effect on affordable housing Minnesota. effect on affordable housing Minnesota.
- rural</c> affordable housing [snorts] in rural affordable housing [snorts] in rural Minnesota.<01:13:
- We need affordable housing Minnesota.
Committee:
House Housing Finance and Policy
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- making housing affordability increasingly a problem in much of the country.
- And I think it's important to think about the relationship between housing availability and housing affordability
- And I think it's important to think about the relationship between housing availability and housing affordability
- What is the best way to address housing affordability in your community?
- How would you rate the job of your city or town in keeping housing affordable?
Committee:
House Local Government