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Housing omnibus bill advances from committee after technical and manufactured-home amendments adopted
Summary
The Senate Housing and Homelessness Prevention Committee recommended Senate File 2298, an omnibus housing bill, for passage and re-referral to the Senate Finance Committee after adopting two technical amendments and a change on manufactured-home sales letters.
Senate File 2298, the housing omnibus bill, was recommended to pass by the Minnesota Senate Housing and Homelessness Prevention Committee and re-referred to the Senate Finance Committee after members adopted two technical amendments and one change regarding manufactured-home sale notices.
The committee’s chair, Senator Port, moved the Senate report recommending that Senate File 2298, as amended, be recommended to pass and re-refer to the committee on finance; members approved the motion by voice vote. The committee earlier adopted an A7 amendment described by staff as “technical” and an A6 amendment that requires agencies to include additional information in letters about the sale of manufactured homes.
The A7 amendment was described in committee as clarifying language on line 1.3 and technical changes to an insurance task force requested by the LCC. “This is just a technical amendment,” a committee member said during the discussion. The amendment passed by voice vote.
Senator Putnam moved the A6 amendment. According to the committee record, the A6 “increases the, or makes clear that the agency has to include more information in letters about the sale of manufactured homes.” Senator Port called the Putnam amendment “friendly” and encouraged a yes vote; the amendment was adopted by voice vote.
During general remarks on the bill, members praised the measure while noting it does not fully resolve the state’s housing affordability challenges. Senator Lucero, identified in committee as the minority lead, said the bill “isn’t going to solve… the root causes” but that it represented the best package the committee could assemble at this time. Chair Port and other members emphasized the statewide scope of the housing need and thanked staff and agency partners for their work.
The committee record includes a thank-you to nonpartisan staff and to Minnesota Housing Finance Agency Commissioner Ho and her team for engagement during the session.
With the amendments adopted, the committee voted to recommend the bill to the Finance Committee for further consideration.
Votes at a glance: The committee approved the A7 technical amendment (voice vote), approved the A6 amendment (moved by Senator Putnam; voice vote), and approved the Senate report recommending Senate File 2298 as amended be recommended to pass and be re-referred to the committee on finance (voice vote).
