Committee approves working group to study agricultural workforce housing, with data and funding requests
Summary
SB 2405 passed committee with amendments; DAB and stakeholders supported creating an ag workforce housing working group and identified an estimated $250,000 appropriation to fund data, outreach and consultant work to build a baseline understanding of housing needs for farmworkers and producers.
SB 2405, establishing an agricultural workforce housing working group within DAB, passed the committee with amendments deferring the effective date and leaving appropriation amounts to the committee report. DAB and stakeholder groups emphasized the need to compile baseline data on the magnitude and characteristics of workforce housing needs before recommending policy.
DAB testimony said the proposed $250,000 appropriation would support front‑end work—consultants, outreach and report preparation—to provide the baseline information the working group needs, noting that many producers have low incomes and workforce housing solutions require careful data to be effective.
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