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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee Aug 27th, 2026
Housing and Community Development
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm proud to be here to present AB 2181, which is co-sponsored by Unite Here International and Unite
- Which is co-sponsored by Unite Here International and Unite Here Local 11.
- Chair and members, Matt Broad here on behalf of Unite Here International Union.
- or mother-in-law units, I think, some of those names.
- Or mother-in-law units, I think, some of those names.
Committee:
House Housing and Community Development
Keywords:
building standards, California Building Standards Code, housing crisis, residential units, health and safety, local government restrictions, building permit, green building standards, fire prevention, state-mandated local program, homeless shelters, safety regulations, housing development, California Health and Safety Code, state funding, accessory dwelling unit, ADU, junior accessory dwelling unit, JADU, ministerial approval
Summary:
The Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee met as a subcommittee and later established quorum to hear five housing-related bills. AB 306 (Schultz) would create a centralized statewide process for resolving disputes over differing local interpretations of the state building code; it drew no testimony in opposition and was ultimately concurred in. AB 750 (Quirk-Silva) would expand HCD’s Portfolio Reinvestment Program to help preserve and rehabilitate challenged affordable housing developments; supporters emphasized the loss of subsidized units and the need to preserve existing stock, and the bill passed unanimously. AB 2181 (Zbur) would limit use of speculative density-bonus assumptions in appraisals for hotel and motel ground leases, with supporters saying it protects workers and prevents inflated valuations; it also passed unanimously.
The committee then heard AB 1128 (Marisicci), a gut-and-amend bill that, after Senate amendments, would apply mobile home rent stabilization to 10 mobile home parks in Torrance. Supporters, including the Mobile Home Residents Coalition, said the measure would provide predictable rent increases for seniors, veterans, people with disabilities, and working families. Opponents argued it would override local control and discourage investment and new park construction. Members debated the broader policy of rent control versus housing supply, and the bill passed on a 7-4 vote with one not voting.
Finally, AB 956 (Quirk-Silva) clarified accessory dwelling unit law by allowing up to two detached ADUs, or one detached ADU plus one JADU, so long as existing size, height, setback, and safety requirements are met. Supporters described it as a modest clarification that would help families add housing on their own property, while one member objected that local agencies should retain more discretion. The bill passed unanimously. At the end of the hearing, members and staff offered extensive praise for Quirk-Silva’s housing work, noting that AB 956 was likely her last bill before the committee, and the committee adjourned after final roll-call votes were completed.
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- and unit sizes, meaning more opportunities for family-size units, bigger units, units with more bedrooms
- It also allows more units to be designed with windows, sunlight, and air on multiple sides of the unit
- same lot as a single-family housing unit, duplex, triplex, townhome, or other housing unit, which is
- referred to as the principal unit.
- A city or county may impose a limit of two ADUs in addition to the principal unit on a residential lot
Committee:
Senate Housing
Keywords:
building code, scissor stairs, safety regulations, construction standards, statebuilding regulations, residential building, construction permits, housing development, planning efficiency, state regulations, wildfire, home hardening, fire-resistant materials, fire-hardened building materials, common interest communities, homeowners association, HOA, condominium, condo association, wildland urban interface
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/12/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Transcript Highlights:
- In statute, any board, commission, department, officer, or other administrative unit of the state, including
- communities, which... ...be built near communities, residential communities?
- I appreciate your concern for washes, but what's your opinion of them being near residential communities
- the '80s, and the subsidy went away, so did the solar companies and the maintenance of those solar units
- The bill says new renewable energy projects built within four miles of residential property that do not
Bills:
HB2150 , HB2262 , HB2267 , HB2268 , HB2351 , HB2425 , HB2426 , HB2427 , HB2755 , HB2781 , HB2913 , HB2943 , HB2956 , HB2975 , HB2985 , HB4009
Committees:
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water , House House Natural Resources, Energy & Water Committee of Reference
Keywords:
state land department, mineral lease, renewals, indexed royalties, land use planning, auditor general, five-year plans, geospatial data, Arizona Geological Survey, resource analysis, geographic information systems, wildlife protection, public nuisance, renewable energy, wind farm, solar farm, residential property, public health, local regulations, state land
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Taxing unit can request an appraisal on any or all property at any time, but the appraisal.
- Under the current section 2518 C of the tax code any tax unit including a school district can already
- I know because I have colleagues all over. for the United States.
- Commercial protests, this also happens in many residential protests.
- I started off representing local governmental... entities and taxing units.
Bills:
HB1952 , HB3258 , HB3524 , HB3851 , HB4478 , HB4613 , HB4703 , HB4742 , HB4744 , HB4809 , HB4864
Committee:
House S/C on Property Tax Appraisals
Keywords:
county appraisal district, board of directors, governance, taxing units, public representation, penalty, property report, taxation, timely filing, chief appraiser, appraisal district, ad valorem tax, property appraisal, tax protests, unequal appraisal, property rights, property tax, public employees, protest leave, appraisal review board
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- advancements, including a potential relief for impacted homeowners by creating a temporary exemption for residential
- The park board is a component unit created by the city to carry out tourism promotion, beach cleaning
- The law allows a taxing unit to levy an unrestricted INS, interest and sinking property tax rate, to
- For those taxing units that want to claim fiscal responsibility by paying off debt early, the problem
- One factor prompting property tax bills to spike is the intentional decision by certain taxing units
Committee:
House Ways & Means
Keywords:
SB 263, Texas franchise tax, cost of goods sold, COGS, broadcasters, television broadcasting, radio broadcasting, media tax, broadcast license, FCC, 47 C.F.R. Part 73, 47 C.F.R. Part 74, film production, television production, tax deduction, margin tax, Texas Tax Code, depreciation, amortization, broadcast rights
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- requirements for common expense liens and records of accounts for each unit or property owner.
- The amendment also restores the exclusion for COAs or HOAs that have less than 50 units or lots.
- He gave an example of a 95-unit condominium association where 45 units had water damage from window issues
- Just as one example, I had a 95 condominium unit association. 45 of those units was experiencing water
- States is not authorized by federal law, a foreign national who is paroled into the United States by
Bills:
SB1246 , SB1338 , SB1428 , SB1443 , SB1501 , SB1566 , SB1571 , SB1645 , SB1646 , SB1663 , SB1688 , SB1805 , SB1808 , SB1825 , SCR1023 , SCR1029 , HB2079 , HB2080 , HB2130 , HB2239 , HB2324 , HB2375 , HB2610 , HB2619 , HB2620 , HB2716 , HB2745 , HB2749 , HB2837 , HB2857 , HB2968 , HB4064 , HB4066 , HB4087 , HB4130 , HCR2048 , HCR2058
Keywords:
homeowners associations, foreclosure, common expense liens, condominiums, special assessments, unit owner, public benefits, eligibility, immigration status, documentation, Arizona law, county governance, supervisorial board, population-based representation, local government, elections, noise pollution, environmental nuisances, building permits, urban development
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Insurance REVISED: SB1592 - Removed Apr 7th, 2026 at 03:00 pm
Insurance
Committee:
House Insurance
Keywords:
SB1684, Oklahoma Highway Remediation and Cleanup Services Act, highway cleanup, roadway remediation, tow truck, wrecker service, liability insurance, DEQ, Department of Environmental Quality, motor vehicles, licensing, public safety, cleanup operators, roadside services, commercial towing, insurance requirement, license fee, revocation, suspension, Turnpike Authority
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Under current law, employees of a taxing unit are ineligible to serve in this role.
- There is a reason to have the prohibition against employees of taxing units being barred from serving
- A unit is asked for approval and does not respond within 30 days, that silence is treated as consent,
- We also have the sheer number of taxing units that we deal with.
- Also, many of the smaller taxing units, such as MUDs and water districts, don't meet every 30 days, so
Committee:
House S/C on Property Tax Appraisals
Keywords:
ad valorem tax, property tax, incomplete structure, human occupancy, tax exemption, HB 5578, Texas Tax Code, Section 6.062, appraisal district, county appraisal district, chief appraiser, budget hearing, public notice, notice of hearing, newspaper publication, website notice, social media notice, online newspaper, county government, property appraisal
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Well, it could be any type of taxing unit, and it includes the INS rate.
- taxing units separately, but yes, if you were looking at the total statewide.
- I'm the Director of Government Affairs for United Rentals.
- We're home to four major refineries, amongst them. largest in the United States.
- Texas or the United States of America to begin with.
Bills:
HB19 , HB30 , HB851 , HB1663 , HB1681 , HB1769 , HB1937 , HB1979 , HB2428 , HB2433 , HB2825 , HB3159 , HB3424 , HB3486 , HB3487 , HB3504 , HB3605 , HB3879 , HB3994 , HB4382 , HB4752 , HB5444 , HB5446 , HB5447 , HB3199 , HB4847 , HB19
Committee:
House Ways & Means
Keywords:
local government debt, property tax, ad valorem tax, bond election, certificate of obligation, anticipation note, school district tax rate, voter-approval rate, debt service cap, municipal finance, county bonds, flood control district, hospital district, public works, tax transparency, property tax notice, November uniform election date, general obligation bonds, local debt reform, taxpayer notice
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Jan 19th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Washington House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I pledge allegiance to the United States of America and to the Republic, for which it stands, one nation
Keywords:
design review, local government, land use, zoning, project permits, housing density, middle housing, affordable housing, parking minimums, single-family zoning, infill development, growth management, comprehensive plan, permit streamlining, objective development regulations, architectural review, administrative review, transit-oriented development, accessory dwelling units, ADU
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- in anesthesiology is $60 or $40 at $450 a unit.
- to the main dwelling unit.
- To ensure that that dwelling unit is an accessory to the main dwelling unit.
- I've served 21 years in the United States military.
- I'm I've served 21 years in the United States military.
Bills:
HB2211 , HB2229 , HB2389 , HB2403 , HB2445 , HB2502 , HB2620 , HB2813 , HB2872 , HB2889 , HB2960 , HB4028 , HCR2007
Keywords:
contractors, subcontractors, resident preference, public contracts, materials supply, Arizona Revised Statutes, local businesses, pregnancy resource center, pregnancy center, crisis pregnancy center, DHS, Arizona Department of Health Services, state appropriation, general fund, nonprofit grant, women's health, maternal health, reproductive health, abortion funding, pro-life
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Early Learning & Human Services Jan 13th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Early Learning & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Under House Bill 2319, the residential habilitation centers are officially renamed residential habilitation
- As this committee is aware, DSHS operates four residential habilitation centers, RHCs, that provide residential
- Under House Bill 2319, the residential habilitation centers are officially renamed residential habilitation
- Six months later, RCS, Residential Care Services, came out and not only did— RCS, Residential Care Services
- Residential settings included in the review must include residential habilitation centers, state-operated
Committee:
House Early Learning & Human Services
Keywords:
homelessness, youth programs, advisory committee, prevention, protection, developmental disabilities, residential settings, data access, safety, stability, community oversight, residential services, regulation, service providers, monitoring, HB 2319, residential habilitation center, state school renaming, Rainier School, Firecrest School
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Residential treatment centers provide around-the-clock supervision and care for children with serious
- So most of the kids who are in residential treatment centers have already cycled through several different
- Most residential treatment centers in Texas do have a charter school on campus, but some do utilize the
- So I think this is a super common-sense bill that will strengthen things, not just for the residential
- Residential accommodations, closures, momentum, palliative support, and any updates to standards.
Committee:
House Human Services
Keywords:
child welfare, foster care, Department of Family and Protective Services, DFPS, Family Code, conservatorship, placement selection, contract residential care, kinship care, relative placement, designated caregiver, best interest of the child, least restrictive setting, placement stability, child protective services, residential treatment, group home, family reunification, Texas foster system, residential care
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- taxpayers to also learn the percentage of the local school district property taxes that they pay for units
- We're trying and continuing to... make Texas the most business-friendly state in the United States and
- Texas as a financial capital, not only in the United States, but hopefully over the long term. in the
- than they do in New York and Dallas is very much becoming a hub of financial capital markets in the United
Bills:
HB195 , HB247 , HB255 , HJR2 , HJR4 , HJR6 , HJR31 , HJR34 , HB195 , HB247 , HB255 , HJR6 , HJR31 , HJR34
Committee:
House Ways & Means
Keywords:
school district, ad valorem tax, local revenue, tax collection, education funding, border security, tax exemption, ad valorem, real property, infrastructure, Texas-Mexico border, ad valorem taxation, farm products, livestock, timber, death tax, inheritance tax, estate tax, property transfer, constitutional amendment
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- So is Jonathan Davis with the Residential Roofing Association?
- They’re very well world-renowned in the United States, not outside the United States, but just within
- the United States.
- There are those external review boards that The United States, but just within the United States, there
- It adds the same for residential vacant property.
Keywords:
home inspectors, board membership, licensing, term limits, Louisiana State Board, utility, reimbursement, overcharges, consumer protection, economic relief, hidden fees, junk fees, drip pricing, price transparency, mandatory fees, surcharges, unfair trade practices, advertising disclosures, total price, service fees
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- AgriLife to give us some guidance in our appraisal district for guidance on the app, proper animal units
- Um, AgriLife has already given good guidance for other livestock units for appraisal districts.
- This would not apply to 1 to 4 family residential, 1 to 4 families.
- Uh, or that they, they have to maintain a certain percentage of below market rate units in order that
- We, we are, our unit is. Fee-based. So we received very little appropriated dollars.
Committee:
House S/C on Property Tax Appraisals
Keywords:
residential property, ad valorem tax, leasing, property appraisal, fair market rent, housing affordability, appraised value, tax limitation, housing market, affordable housing, leased residential real property, rent control, Texas Tax Code, property tax, residential leasing, homestead, tax code, appraisal review board, real estate sales, property tax relief
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- A unit owner may bring action to enforce the resale certificate requirements.
- Pretty simply, this amendment just removes the window units from the bill.
- Pretty simply, this amendment just removes the window units from the bill.
- Under the GMA, an ADU is defined as a dwelling unit that is located on the same lot as a housing unit
- ... ...small units for family members, caregivers, or renters.
Committee:
Senate Housing
Keywords:
residential building, construction permits, housing development, planning efficiency, state regulations, affordable housing, homelessness, homeless shelter, emergency shelter, emergency housing, supportive housing, permanent supportive housing, transitional housing, low-income housing, very low-income, extremely low-income, housing crisis, land use, zoning, local preemption
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- The Residential Landlord-Tenant Act, or the RLTA, regulates the creation of residential tenancies and
- or to... ...alert residents of flooding related to the property or to the unit or to both.
- By background, a landlord under the Residential Landlord-Tenant Act, or RLTA, must accept a personal
- I represent the National Association of Residential Property Managers.
- for 1,200 units currently in our pre-development pipeline, With land for 1,200 units currently in our
Committee:
Senate Housing
Keywords:
rental payments, landlords, tenants, eviction, legal procedures, housing stability, land banking, property authority, housing development, urban planning, real estate management, SB 6237, Washington landlord-tenant law, Residential Landlord-Tenant Act, rental property disclosure, flood risk, flood hazard area, special flood hazard area, potential flooding, tenant notice
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Jan 28th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Washington House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands
- National Guard provides essential aerial refueling capabilities, extending the operational reach of the United
- national defense, humanitarian missions, and overseas operations, and whereas National Guard aviation units
- Just one month later, those first units stood ready at Fort Vancouver.
Bills:
HB1160 , HB1289 , HB1339 , HB1604 , HB1798 , HB1002 , HB1065 , HB1155 , HB1269 , HB1916 , HB2120 , HB2123 , HB2158 , HB2178 , HB2264 , HB2309 , HB2411 , HJM4004
Keywords:
design review, local government, land use, zoning, project permits, housing density, middle housing, affordable housing, parking minimums, single-family zoning, infill development, growth management, comprehensive plan, permit streamlining, objective development regulations, architectural review, administrative review, transit-oriented development, accessory dwelling units, ADU
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Jan 15th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Washington House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands
- An act relating to allowing small business establishments in residential zones, adding a new section.
- An act relating to resale certificates for units in common interest communities. Last line.
Keywords:
HB1175, small business, residential zoning, land use, zoning reform, neighborhood store, neighborhood cafe, convenience store, minimarket, corner store, mixed-use, local government, city zoning, town zoning, code city, parking regulations, hours of operation, alcohol service, food requirement, commercial use in residential areas