Conference committees report agreement on multiple housing bills, roll items to next day

Co-chairs of the joint House and Senate conference committees said April 27 that negotiators had reached agreement on CD1 drafts for a string of housing-related measures but were holding the bills pending committee release and would reconvene the next day.

The items discussed at the 10:05 a.m. meeting in conference room 2-24 included HB 1711 (HD1, SD2), HP 173 (HD1, SD1), HB 17018 (HD1, SD1), HB 17400 (HD2, SD2), HB 1920 (HD1, SD2), SB 2069, SB 2338, SB 2544 and SB 2552. House managers said they had agreement on CD1 versions; repeatedly, managers told the group they were “waiting on FIN and WHAM release” before finalizing and asked to reconvene at the same time and place the following day.

The rollovers were procedural. For each bill the committees recorded managers from both chambers and confirmed the CD1 language, but no final actions or substitutions were made because the measures require formal clearance from the finance-related committees. Co-chairs on both sides agreed to return to conference the next day to complete final releases for the bills.

The committee also moved on to a separate 10:10 a.m. agenda, where they similarly reported language for bond and constitutional amendment measures had been settled but awaited money-committee releases.

The bulk of the day’s housing measures will remain on the agenda pending the named committee clearances; the conference chairs scheduled reconvening times on April 28 for the outstanding items.