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Committee adopts substitutes and issues due-pass recommendations on several housing bills at policy cutoff
Summary
In executive session the Senate Housing Committee adopted substitutes and recommended due pass or moved bills to rules or Ways and Means for several housing measures, including college land redevelopment, kit homes, opportunity zones, impact fees reforms, and permit streamlining; one SEPA reform was held back after tribal-notice concerns.
During an extended executive session on policy-cutoff day the Senate Housing Committee adopted proposed substitutes and issued due-pass recommendations or sent bills to other committees for a series of housing bills. Committee members acted by voice vote on multiple measures; no roll-call tallies were recorded in the hearing transcript.
Key actions recorded in committee minutes and motion language include:
- Senate Bill 5,725 (community and technical college lands for affordable housing): Proposed substitute B was adopted in committee and the committee moved a due-pass recommendation to the Ways and Means Committee. Committee debate noted concerns about preserving college land for future campus uses versus using surplus land for affordable housing.
- Senate Bill 5,249 (kit homes / temporary housing):…
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