Senate takes up H 687, a sweeping land-use and housing bill; long amendment packet reported

May 10, 2024

Senators debated a multi-instance amendment to H 687 (community resilience and biodiversity protection through land use) covering tier designations, jurisdictional opinion requirements, ADUs, housing thresholds and a second-home/property transfer tax proposal; the Senate concurred with the reported amendment package.

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The Senate took up H 687 (described in debate as community resilience and biodiversity protection through land use, sometimes referenced as Act 50/housing) under a distributed amendment with numerous instances addressing tiered land-use designations, housing opportunities and tax/finance provisions.

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