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Senate Commerce committee advances several bills in executive session, adopts amendments and refers housing measures to subcommittee
Summary
At its Feb. 11 executive session the Senate Commerce Committee advanced multiple bills, adopted committee amendments and referred housing measures to a subcommittee for further work.
During an executive session after the Feb. 11 hearings, the Senate Commerce Committee moved a package of bills and amendments and recorded outcomes on many items.
Key outcomes at a glance
- SB27 (dwellings over water): Committee adopted amendment 0158s to clarify that expansions cannot create new penetrations of the water and voted to pass the bill with the amendment adopted.
- SB78 (zoning board appeal period): Committee voted to pass the bill extending the appeal period; motion carried.
- SB81 (real-estate transfer tax to affordable housing fund): Committee voted to pass the bill; motion carried.
- SB82 (zoning procedures concerning residential housing): Sponsor asked that the bill be re-referred so the language can be refined; committee voted to re-refer the bill to the committee for further work.
- SB84 (zoning procedures and lot…
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