MBA State Policy Issues for Commercial/Multifamily
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MBA works to respond to state legislative and regulatory proposals that affect commercial and multifamily MBA members and to supports effort to remove barriers to real estate development. In addition, MBA tracks state policy developments and provides analysis of state legislative and regulatory developments to members.
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State CREF Legislative Activity
As MBA continues to track legislation for its members, the report below provides a focused list of legislation with movement in the last month. This is not an exhaustive list of legislation MBA is tracking, but a curated report to highlight movement on important CREF policies in the states. Please use the links provided in the report for the full legislative text and history of each legislation.
If any Commercial Real Estate Finance legislation activity is missing or if you see an issue MBA and it's State Partners should be aware of, please reach out to Liz Facemire ([email protected]).
May 2024:
| State | Bill Number | Categories | Summary | Status | Progress |
| Alabama | SB 9 | Foreclosure: Process/Administration; Mortgage Servicing/Loan Administration: Vacant/Abandoned Property | S.B.9: Class 1 Municipalities, enforcement of state regulations and municipal code liens, judicial in rem foreclosure, court-ordered sale of property, recovery of unpaid liens and cost of enforcement, not applicable to owner-occupied real property. | 05/07/2024 - Signed by Governor; Act 246 | Enacted |
| Arizona | SB 1431 | Foreclosure: Notices, Process/Administration | S.B.1431: right to redeem; foreclosure; sale | 04/23/2024 - Signed | Enacted |
| California | AB 846 | Rent Control and Stabilization | A.B.846: Low-income housing credit: rent increases. | 05/01/2024 - Referred to Committees on HOUSING and Committee on Judiciary | Passed first chamber |
| California | AB 2023 | Zoning Laws | A.B.2023: Housing element: inventory of land: rebuttable presumptions. | 05/09/2024 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading. | Passed committee in first chamber |
| California | AB 2278 | Rent Control and Stabilization | A.B.2278: Rent increases: percentage change in the cost of living: Department of Housing and Community Development. | 05/01/2024 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary | Passed first chamber |
| California | AB 2488 | Adaptive Reuse | A.B.2488: Downtown revitalization and economic recovery financing districts: City and County of San Francisco. | 05/13/2024 - Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 1.); In Senate. Read first time. To Committee on Rules for assignment. | Passed first chamber |
| California | AB 2560 | Zoning Laws | A.B.2560: Density Bonus Law: California Coastal Act of 1976. | 04/25/2024 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading. | Passed committee in first chamber |
| California | AB 2909 | Adaptive Reuse | A.B.2909: Historical property contracts: qualified historical property: adaptive reuse. | 05/09/2024 - Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. | Passed committee in first chamber |
| California | AB 2910 | Adaptive Reuse | A.B.2910: State Housing Law: local regulations: conversion of commercial or industrial buildings. | 05/16/2024 - Hearing Scheduled: Assembly Committee on Appropriations at See Committee Agenda for Time.; Location: 1021 O Street, Room 1100 | Passed committee in first chamber |
| California | AB 2926 | Zoning Laws | A.B.2926: Planning and zoning: assisted housing developments: notice of expiration of affordability restrictions. | 05/16/2024 - Hearing Scheduled: Assembly Committee on Appropriations at See Committee Agenda for Time.; Location: 1021 O Street, Room 1100 | Passed committee in first chamber |
| California | AB 3057 | Zoning Laws | A.B.3057: California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: junior accessory dwelling units ordinances. | 05/02/2024 - Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0.); In Senate. Read first time. To Committee on Rules for assignment. | Passed first chamber |
| California | AB 3068 | Adaptive Reuse | A.B.3068: Adaptive reuse: streamlining: incentives. | 05/09/2024 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading. | Passed committee in first chamber |
| California | AB 3093 | Zoning Laws | A.B.3093: Land use: housing element: streamlined multifamily housing. | 05/15/2024 - Hearing Scheduled: Assembly Committee on Appropriations at 09:30 AM PDT; Location: 1021 O Street, Room 1100 | Passed committee in first chamber |
| California | AB 3116 | Zoning Laws | A.B.3116: Housing development: density bonuses: student housing developments. | 05/15/2024 - Hearing Scheduled: Assembly Committee on Appropriations at 09:30 AM PDT; Location: 1021 O Street, Room 1100 | Passed committee in first chamber |
| California | AB 3122 | Zoning Laws | A.B.3122: Streamlined housing approvals: objective planning standards. | 05/09/2024 - Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. | Passed committee in first chamber |
| California | SB 294 | Zoning Laws | S.B.294: Health care coverage: independent medical review. | 04/29/2024 - Referred to Committee on Health. | Passed first chamber |
| California | SB 312 | Adaptive Reuse | S.B.312: California Environmental Quality Act: university housing development projects: exemption. | 05/13/2024 - Referred to Committee on Natural Resources | Passed first chamber |
| California | SB 721 | Zoning Laws | S.B.721: General plan: annual report: suite-style student housing quarters. | 04/29/2024 - From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection | Passed first chamber |
| California | SB 1050 | ESG - Mortgage | S.B.1050: California American Freedmen Affairs Agency: racially motivated eminent domain. | 05/13/2024 - Placed on Appropriations suspense file. | Passed committee in first chamber |
| Colorado | HB 1259 | Rent Control and Stabilization | HB24-1259: Price Gouging in Rent Declared Disaster | 04/19/2024 - House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass | Passed both chambers |
| Colorado | HB 1304 | Adaptive Reuse | HB24-1304: Minimum Parking Requirements | 05/10/2024 - Signed by Governor | Enacted |
| Colorado | HB 1313 | Zoning Laws | HB24-1313: Housing in Transit-Oriented Communities | 05/09/2024 - Signed by the Speaker of the House; Signed by the President of the Senate; Sent to the Governor | On the governor's desk |
| Connecticut | HB 5390 | Zoning Laws | To (1) provide financial incentives for municipalities that adopt certain transit-oriented development policies and to coordinate related state funds through the Office of Responsible Growth, (2) establish the interagency council on housing development, (3) direct the State Responsible Growth Coordinator to establish a fund for the expansion of water and sewerage infrastructure, (4) to allow the coordinator to provide additional funding for certain infrastructure projects, and (5) to include transit-oriented districts in the definition of housing growth zones. | 05/03/2024 - House Adopted House Amendment Schedule A 5392; Amendment Withdrawn, House Amendment Schedule B 5481; House Passed as Amended by House Amendment Schedule A; Immediate Transmittal to the Senate; Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate; Senate Calendar Number 453 | Passed committee in second chamber |
| Connecticut | SB 416 | Adaptive Reuse | To allow the conversion or partial conversion of any commercial building into a residential development as of right. | 05/02/2024 - Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House; House Calendar Number 460 | Passed committee in second chamber |
| District of Columbia | B25 809 | Notary/Notarization; Zoning Laws | Unlawful Restrictions in Land Records Emergency Act of 2024 | 05/07/2024 - Legislative Meeting; Final Reading | Passed both chambers |
| District of Columbia | PR25 764 | Zoning Laws | Unlawful Restrictions in Land Records Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2024 | 05/07/2024 - Retained by the Council; Legislative Meeting; Final Reading; Approved with Resolution Number R25-0497 | Enacted |
| Florida | HB 329 | Foreclosure: Prevention/Mediation; Tenancy Termination | Financial Assistance for Homeowners; Creates Homeowners' Assistance Fund within Department of Commerce for specified purposes; provides expenses that qualify under fund; requires secretary of department to allocate certain amount of funds for administrating & overseeing fund, to provide technical assistance to eligible entities, & to inspector general of department to oversee certain programs; specifies how secretary must allocate funds to eligible entities; requires eligible entities to request funds within certain time period; requires secretary to disburse & reallocate funds within certain time period. | 03/08/2024 - Died in Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee | Dead |
| Florida | SB 328 | Zoning Laws | Affordable Housing; Prohibiting counties and municipalities, respectively, from restricting the floor area ratio of certain proposed developments under certain circumstances; authorizing counties and municipalities, respectively, to restrict the height of proposed developments under certain circumstances; requiring counties and municipalities, respectively, to maintain a certain policy on their websites; revising conditions for when multifamily projects are considered property used for a charitable purpose and are eligible to receive an ad valorem property tax exemption, etc. APPROPRIATION: $100,000,000 | 05/07/2024 - Signed by Officers and presented to Governor | On the governor's desk |
| Florida | SB 1504 | Adaptive Reuse | Affordable Housing; Authorizing municipalities to create community land bank programs for a certain purpose; requiring certain municipalities to develop and annually adopt a community land bank plan; authorizing land banks to buy certain property for less than market value under certain circumstances; creating the Retail-to-residence Tax Credit Program for a certain purpose; requiring the Florida Housing Finance Corporation to determine which projects are eligible for the tax credit, etc. | 03/08/2024 - Died in Community Affairs | Dead |
| Georgia | HB 206 | ESG - Mortgage; Mortgage Servicing/Loan Administration: Lien Priority; Property Assessed Clean Energy | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 36 of the O.C.G.A., relating to local government, so as to provide for the creation of Commercial Property Assessed Conservation, Energy, and Resiliency Development Authorities in certain counties and municipalities; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | 04/25/2024 - House Date Signed by Governor; Act 494 | Enacted |
| Georgia | HB 1313 | Tenancy Termination | A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the assessment and collection of an eviction mediation program fee by the Magistrate Court of Clayton County; to identify the authorized uses of such fee; to provide for the termination of such fee and dedication of residual funds; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | 05/06/2024 - House Date Signed by Governor; Act 650 | Enacted |
| Hawaii | HB 2090 | Adaptive Reuse | Beginning 1/1/2025, allows residential uses in areas zoned for commercial use to be considered permitted under certain circumstances. Requires, no later than 1/1/2025, each county to adopt or amend its ordinances to allow for adaptive reuse of existing commercial buildings in the county's building codes. Takes effect 7/1/2491. (SD1) | 05/02/2024 - Transmitted to Governor. | On the governor's desk |
| Hawaii | HB 2742 | Tenancy Termination | Establishes a pre-litigation mediation procedure for tenancies that are subject to the eviction moratorium issued under the Governor's emergency proclamations relating to wildfires once the eviction moratorium expires. Restricts when landlord remedies are available depending on the amount of rent due. Appropriates funds to the Judiciary for mediation services. Effective 7/1/2024, except the new pre-litigation procedures are effective on the expiration of the final eviction moratorium. Repeals certain provisions on 12/31/2026, or on the one-year anniversary of the expiration of the Governor's final eviction moratorium emergency supplementary proclamation relating to wildfires, whichever occurs sooner. (CD1) | 05/02/2024 - Transmitted to Governor. | On the governor's desk |
| Hawaii | SB 2908 | Rent Control and Stabilization | Clarifies the powers of the Governor and mayors to extend or terminate a state of emergency. Clarifies when proclamations take effect. Prohibits residential rent increases in areas subject to emergency declarations or severe weather warnings. Shortens and clarifies the duration of price control periods and the prohibition against residential-tenancy terminations. Effective 1/1/3000. (HD2) | 04/18/2024 - Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 759). | Passed both chambers |
| Hawaii | SB 2948 | Adaptive Reuse; Zoning Laws | Beginning 1/1/2025, permits residential uses in certain areas zoned for commercial use under certain circumstances. Requires, no later than 1/1/2026, each county to adopt or amend ordinances to allow for adaptive reuse of existing commercial buildings in the county's building codes. Effective 1/1/3000. (HD1) | 04/23/2024 - Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 803). | Passed both chambers |
| Idaho | HB 541 | Adaptive Reuse; Property Assessed Clean Energy | COMMERCIAL PROPERTY - Adds to existing law to establish the Commercial Property Assessed Capital Expenditure Act to allow willing owners of certain properties to obtain financing for qualifying improvements. | 04/19/2024 - Died pursuant to adjournment | Dead |
| Illinois | HB 5003 | ESG - Mortgage | Appropriates $6,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services for a grant to the Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago for costs associated with funding equitable mortgage lending, homeownership rehabilitation and development, and homebuyer subsidies and support. Effective July 1, 2024. | 05/02/2024 - Hearing Scheduled: House Committee on Appropriations - Health and Human Services at 08:30 AM CDT; Location: 114 and Virtual Room 1 Capitol Building Springfield, IL | Introduced or prefiled |
| Illinois | HB 5825 | Zoning Laws | Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the amendatory Act may be referred to as the Transportation Choices Act. Requires, by January 1, 2026, the Environmental Protection Agency, after consultation with the Department of Transportation and Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs), to establish a schedule of greenhouse gas targets for greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector in the State. Requires the Department and MPOs to conduct a greenhouse gas emissions analysis and determine if their applicable planning document will result in meeting their greenhouse gas targets. Requires the Department and MPOs to perform a greenhouse gas emissions analysis prior to including a roadway capacity expansion project in an applicable planning document. Requires, by January 1, 2028 and every 3 years thereafter, the Department to prepare a comprehensive report on statewide transportation greenhouse gas reduction accomplishments and challenges and to make recommendations for any legislative action that would assist the Department and MPOs in meeting their greenhouse gas targets. Requires the Department and MPOs to calculate a climate equity accessibility score prior to including any project that has an anticipated cost of $30,000,000 or more in an applicable planning document or as a greenhouse gas mitigation measure. Requires the Department and MPOs to provide early and continuous opportunities for public participation in the transportation planning process. Requires, beginning June 30, 2025, the Department and MPOs to establish a social cost of carbon and use the social cost of carbon in their planning documents and planning activities. | 04/30/2024 - First Reading; Referred to Rules Committee | Introduced or prefiled |
| Illinois | HB 5829 | Zoning Laws | Creates the Metropolitan Mobility Authority Act, and establishes the Metropolitan Mobility Authority. Provides that the Chicago Transit Authority, the Commuter Rail Division and the Suburban Bus Division of the Regional Transportation Authority, and the Regional Transportation Authority are consolidated into the Metropolitan Mobility Authority and the Service Boards are abolished, instead creating the Suburban Bus Operating Division, Commuter Rail Operating Division, and the Chicago Transit Operating Division. | 04/30/2024 - First Reading; Referred to Rules Committee | Introduced or prefiled |
| Illinois | SB 2651 | Adaptive Reuse | Amends the Illinois County Historic Preservation Law of the Counties Code. Provides that a county board may maintain, restore, rehabilitate, beautify, or adaptively reuse places of architectural significance, historic significance, or scenic significance and to lease or license county-held property to public or private entities for not longer than 99 years for such purposes. Declares that these activities are a public use. Defines "adaptive reuse". Effective immediately. | 05/13/2024 - First Reading; Referred to Rules Committee | Passed first chamber |
| Illinois | SB 3576 | Adaptive Reuse | Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a credit in an amount equal to 20% of the qualified conversion expenditures incurred by a taxpayer for a qualified converted building. Effective immediately. | 05/15/2024 - Hearing Scheduled: Senate Committee on Revenue at 4:30 PM CDT; Location: 400 Capitol Springfield, IL | Introduced or prefiled |
| Illinois | SB 3934 | Zoning Laws | Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the amendatory Act may be referred to as the Transportation Choices Act. | 04/29/2024 - Filed with Secretary by Sen. Omar Aquino; First Reading; Referred to Assignments | Introduced or prefiled |
| Illinois | SB 3936 | Zoning Laws | Creates the Metropolitan Mobility Authority Act, and establishes the Metropolitan Mobility Authority. | 05/01/2024 - Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ram Villivalam; First Reading; Referred to Assignments | Introduced or prefiled |
| Illinois | SB 3937 | Zoning Laws | Creates the Metropolitan Mobility Authority Act, and establishes the Metropolitan Mobility Authority. | 05/01/2024 - Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ram Villivalam; First Reading; Referred to Assignments | Introduced or prefiled |
| Iowa | HF 669 | Tenancy Termination | A bill for an act relating to property law, including manufactured or mobile home retailer licenses, rent, rental agreements, notice requirements, and possession of property.(Formerly HSB 125.) | 04/18/2024 - Amendment H-8343 filed. H.J. 04/18. | Passed committee in first chamber |
| Kentucky | HB 37 | ESG - Mortgage | H.B.37: AN ACT relating to the recording of interests in real property. | 04/26/2024 - Died pursuant to adjournment | Dead |
| Kentucky | HB 102 | Zoning Laws | H.B.102: AN ACT relating to housing opportunities. | 04/26/2024 - Died pursuant to adjournment | Dead |
| Kentucky | HB 76 | Foreclosure: Tenant Notice | H.B.76: AN ACT relating to rights and obligations of landlords and tenants to a residential lease. | 04/26/2024 - Died pursuant to adjournment | Dead |
| Maine | LD 1074 | Adaptive Reuse | An Act To Authorize A General Fund Bond Issue To Fund New Affordable Housing For Low-Income Households | 04/18/2024 - Carry Over Approved | Introduced or prefiled |
| Maryland | HB 538 | Zoning Laws | Establishing the Historic Property Revitalization Director as a position in the Department of Housing and Community Development; prohibiting a local legislative body from prohibiting the placement of certain manufactured homes or modular dwellings in a zoning district that allows single-family residential uses under certain circumstances; requiring local jurisdictions to allow an increase in density of certain qualified projects in certain districts or zones for certain properties; etc. | 04/25/2024 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 122 | Enacted |
| Maryland | HB 693 | Tenancy Termination | Establishing the Office of Tenant and Landlord Affairs in the Department of Housing and Community Development to provide certain educational resources and information to tenants; requiring the Office to develop and publish a Maryland Tenants' Bill of Rights; requiring the most recently published version of the Maryland Tenants' Bill of Rights to be included as part of a residential lease; limiting the maximum security deposit required by a residential lease to 1 month's rent; etc. | 04/25/2024 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 124 | Enacted |
| Massachusetts | HB 1304 | Rent Control and Stabilization | H.1304: An Act Enabling Local Options For Tenant Protections | 04/16/2024 - Reporting date extended to Wednesday July 10, 2024, pending concurrence | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | HB 1318 | Rent Control and Stabilization | H.1318: An Act Relative To Avoiding Senior Homelessness And Maintaining Senior Housing Stabilization Of Rents | 04/16/2024 - Reporting date extended to Wednesday July 10, 2024, pending concurrence | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | HB 1319 | Rent Control and Stabilization | H.1319: An Act Limiting Rent Increases And Creating A Rental Arbitrator | 04/16/2024 - Reporting date extended to Wednesday July 10, 2024, pending concurrence | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | HB 1335 | Zoning Laws | H.1335: An Act Promoting Accessory Dwelling Units | 04/16/2024 - Reporting date extended to Wednesday July 10, 2024, pending concurrence | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | HB 1336 | Zoning Laws | H.1336: An Act To Expedite Multifamily Housing Construction | 04/16/2024 - Reporting date extended to Wednesday July 10, 2024, pending concurrence | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | HB 1358 | Zoning Laws | H.1358: An Act To Increase Access And Financing For Smart Growth Developments | 04/16/2024 - Reporting date extended to Wednesday July 10, 2024, pending concurrence | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | HB 1360 | Rent Control and Stabilization | H.1360: An Act To Restore Boston'S Governmentally-Involved Housing | 04/16/2024 - Reporting date extended to Wednesday July 10, 2024, pending concurrence | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | HB 1361 | Zoning Laws | H.1361: An Act Enabling Municipal Housing Agencies To Enter Enforceable Deed Restriction Agreements With Small Property Owners In Good Standing As Part Of Zoning Variance Approval | 04/16/2024 - Reporting date extended to Wednesday July 10, 2024, pending concurrence | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | HB 1379 | Adaptive Reuse; Zoning Laws | H.1379: An Act To Promote Yes In My Back Yard | 04/16/2024 - Reporting date extended to Wednesday July 10, 2024, pending concurrence | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | HB 1381 | Rent Control and Stabilization | H.1381: An Act Providing For Rent Regulation And Control Of Evictions In Manufactured Housing Parks In The Town Of Athol | 04/16/2024 - Reporting date extended to Wednesday July 10, 2024, pending concurrence | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | HB 2028 | Zoning Laws | H.2028: An Act To Remove Barriers And Create Affordable Housing | 04/16/2024 - Reporting date extended to Wednesday July 10, 2024, pending concurrence | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | HB 2103 | Rent Control and Stabilization | H.2103: An Act Enabling Cities And Towns To Stabilize Rents And Protect Tenants | 04/16/2024 - Reporting date extended to Wednesday July 10, 2024, pending concurrence | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | HB 2747 | Adaptive Reuse | H.2747: An Act Granting A Local Option For A Real Estate Transfer Fee To Fund Affordable Housing | 05/02/2024 - Reporting date extended to Wednesday July 31, 2024, pending concurrence | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | HB 3744 | Rent Control and Stabilization | H.3744: An Act Petition For A Special Law Authorizing The City Of Boston To Implement Rent Stabilization And Tenant Eviction Protections | 04/16/2024 - Reporting date extended to Wednesday July 10, 2024, pending concurrence | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | HB 3921 | ESG - Mortgage | H.3921: An Act To Cure Us Of The Liabilities That Ultimately Restricted Equity | 05/02/2024 - Reporting date extended to Sunday June 30, 2024, pending concurrence | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | HB 4138 | Zoning Laws | H.4138: An Act [Sic] The Affordable Homes Act | 04/16/2024 - Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10); Rules suspended; Rejection negatived; Read; Rules suspended; Read second; Referred to the committee on House Ways and Means | Passed committee in first chamber |
| Massachusetts | HB 4459 | Zoning Laws | H.4459: An Act Relative To Strengthening Massachusetts' Economic Leadership | 05/07/2024 - Hearing Scheduled: Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies at 10:00 AM EDT; Location: A-1 & A-2 and Virtual | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | SB 858 | Zoning Laws | S.858: An Act To Promote Yes In My Back Yard | 04/16/2024 - Reporting date extended to Wednesday July 10, 2024, pending concurrence | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | SB 872 | Rent Control and Stabilization | S.872: An Act Enabling Local Options For Tenant Protections | 04/16/2024 - Reporting date extended to Wednesday July 10, 2024, pending concurrence | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | SB 891 | Rent Control and Stabilization | S.891: An Act To Restore Boston'S Governmentally-Involved Housing Protection | 04/16/2024 - Reporting date extended to Wednesday July 10, 2024, pending concurrence | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | SB 1299 | Rent Control and Stabilization | S.1299: An Act Enabling Cities And Towns To Stabilize Rents And Protect Tenants | 04/16/2024 - Reporting date extended to Wednesday July 10, 2024, pending concurrence | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | SB 1771 | Adaptive Reuse | S.1771: An Act Granting A Local Option For A Real Estate Transfer Fee To Fund Affordable Housing | 05/02/2024 - Reporting date extended to Wednesday July 31, 2024, pending concurrence | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | SB 1786 | Adaptive Reuse; Zoning Laws | S.1786: An Act Relative To A Local Option Real Estate Transfer Fee To Create And Preserve Housing | 05/02/2024 - Reporting date extended to Wednesday July 31, 2024, pending concurrence | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | SB 2545 | Rent Control and Stabilization | S.2545: An Act Authorizing The City Of Somerville To Regulate Rent In Residential Dwelling Units | 04/16/2024 - Reporting date extended to Wednesday July 10, 2024, pending concurrence | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | SB 2623 | Rent Control and Stabilization | S.2623: An Act Authorizing The Town Of Brookline To Implement Rent Stabilization And Tenant Eviction Protections | 04/16/2024 - Reporting date extended to Wednesday July 10, 2024, pending concurrence | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | SB 626 | Foreclosure: Process/Administration, Tenant Notice | S.626: An Act For A Right Of First Refusal For Foreclosed Property (Foreclosure Topa) | 04/16/2024 - Reporting date extended to Wednesday July 10, 2024, pending concurrence | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | SB 880 | Foreclosure: Process/Administration, Tenant Notice | S.880: An Act To Guarantee A Tenant'S First Right Of Refusal | 04/16/2024 - Reporting date extended to Wednesday July 10, 2024, pending concurrence | Introduced or prefiled |
| Massachusetts | SB 895 | Foreclosure: Tenant Notice | S.895: An Act To Promote Sustainable Affordable Housing | 04/16/2024 - Reporting date extended to Wednesday July 10, 2024, pending concurrence | Introduced or prefiled |
| Michigan | HB 5386 | Tenancy Termination | H.B.5386: Civil procedure: evictions; eviction after expiration of temporary possession under a sales agreement; provide for. Amends sec. 5714 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.5714). | 05/01/2024 - Referred To Committee On Housing And Human Services | Passed first chamber |
| Minnesota | HF 4010 | Zoning Laws | Multifamily residential developments in cities requirements established. | 04/18/2024 - Committee report, to adopt; Joint rule 2.03 waived; Second reading | Passed committee in first chamber |
| Minnesota | HF 4975 | ESG - Mortgage | Agriculture, commerce, and energy supplemental budget bill. | 05/07/2024 - Bills not identical, SF substituted on General Register; HF indefinitely postponed; See Senate file in House SF4942 | Passed committee in first chamber |
| Minnesota | HF 5242 | Adaptive Reuse; Foreclosure: Prevention/Mediation; Mortgage Servicing/Loan Administration: General Servicing/Loan Admin | Transportation supplemental budget bill. | 05/13/2024 - Hearing Scheduled: House Committee on Housing Finance and Policy at 10:30 AM CDT; Location: Capitol G-3 | Passed both chambers |
| Minnesota | SF 4942 | ESG - Mortgage; Property Assessed Clean Energy; Security Breach and Personal Information Privacy | Omnibus Agriculture, Commerce, Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate supplemental appropriations | 05/14/2024 - Hearing Scheduled: House Committee on Agriculture Finance and Policy at 10:30 AM CDT; Location: Senate Office Building 1150 | Passed both chambers |
| Minnesota | SF 5284 | Adaptive Reuse; Foreclosure: Prevention/Mediation; Mortgage Servicing/Loan Administration: General Servicing/Loan Admin | Omnibus Transportation, Housing and Labor supplemental appropriations | 05/03/2024 - Committee report: Rule 45-amend, subst. General Orders HF5242, SF Indefinitely postponed | Passed committee in first chamber |
| Minnesota | SF 5516 | Zoning Laws | Minimum parking mandates prohibiting and counties and municipalities homeowners association creation requirements for building permits prohibition | 05/07/2024 - Introduction and first reading; Referred to State and Local Government and Veterans | Introduced or prefiled |
| Minnesota | SF 3492 | Foreclosure: Tenant Notice | Residential housing tenant and landlord provisions modifications | 05/13/2024 - Hearing Scheduled: House Committee on Housing Finance and Policy at 09:30 AM CDT; Location: G-23 Capitol | Passed both chambers |
| Missouri | SB 895 | Tenancy Termination | S.B. 895: Modifies provisions relating to landlord-tenant actions, including eviction proceeding moratoriums and filings for transfers of real property with outstanding collectible judgments | 05/13/2024 - H Informal Calendar Senate Bills for Third Reading | Passed committee in second chamber |
| Missouri | HB 2065 | Foreclosure: Process/Administration | H.B. 2065: Modifies provisions relating to the collection of delinquent property taxes | 04/25/2024 - Reported Do Pass (S) | Passed committee in second chamber |
| Missouri | SB 750 | Foreclosure: Notices, Process/Administration; Mortgage Loan Origination; Mortgage Servicing/Loan Administration: General Servicing/Loan Admin | S.B. 750: Modifies provisions relating to the collection of delinquent property taxes | 05/13/2024 - Informal Calendar S Bills for Perfection | Passed committee in first chamber |
| Nebraska | LB 8 | Rent Control and Stabilization; Tenancy Termination | LB8 seeks to change and eliminate provisions under the Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Act relating to the rules and regulations, prohibited acts, termination of tenancy, landlord remedies, retaliatory conduct and abandonment. Additionally, it provides for in-park sales, creates liens for landlords as prescribed and provides for certificates of title, priority, enforcement and challenges, eliminates obsolete provisions, provides for applicability, to define terms, harmonizes provisions, and repeals the original sections and outright repeal section 76-14, 101. | 04/24/2024 - Died pursuant to adjournment | Dead |
| Nebraska | LB 223 | Zoning Laws | LB 223 concerns the Municipal Density and Missing Middle Housing Act. It requires each city that adopts an affordable housing action plan electronically submit their plan to the Urban Affairs Committee. The bill also allows an option in the report to either (1) show efforts to affordable housing action plans or (2) efforts to implement an affordable housing action plan after such a plan is adopted. | 04/24/2024 - Died pursuant to adjournment | Dead |
| Nebraska | LB 424 | Zoning Laws | LB424 would create a state Department of Housing & Urban Development as an executive branch agency under the Governor. The chief executive officer of the Department would be the Director of Housing & Urban Development, appointed by the Governor subject to confirmation by the Legislature. The Department of Housing & Urban Development would administer and serve as the lead state agency for state programs related to housing and homelessness, including the Affordable Housing Trust Fund, the Homeless Shelter Assistance Trust Fund Act, the Rural Workforce Housing Investment Act, and the Middle Income Workforce Housing Investment Act. The Department would also provide state oversight of and assistance to housing authorities under the Nebraska Housing Agency Act. Under LB424, any programs, duties, and functions transferred to the Department of Housing & Urban Development from other state agencies would be effective on July 1, 2024 | 04/24/2024 - Died pursuant to adjournment | Dead |
| Nebraska | LB 481 | Zoning Laws | LB 481 would adopt the Housing Incentive District Act to encourage the development and renovation of housing in cities and counties in Nebraska. | 04/24/2024 - Died pursuant to adjournment | Dead |
| Nebraska | LB 845 | Tenancy Termination | LB 845 would provide an affirmative defense against eviction for children, their parents or guardians, teachers, and other school employees during the school year. | 04/24/2024 - Died pursuant to adjournment | Dead |
| Nebraska | LB 850 | Adaptive Reuse | Change the authorized use of certain Federal Funds for housing | 04/24/2024 - Died pursuant to adjournment | Dead |
| New Hampshire | SB 538 | Adaptive Reuse; Zoning Laws | This bill establishes a tax relief program for office conversion to residences; enables municipalities to allow its governing body to adopt certain zoning ordinance changes; and adds additional authority in zoning powers for parking requirements and lot size requirements related to sewer infrastructure. | 05/02/2024 - Inexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 188-173 05/02/2024 HJ 12 | Passed committee in second chamber |
| New Jersey | SB 3163 | ESG - Mortgage | Establishes Department of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion as principal department in Executive Branch and specifies functions, powers, and duties of department. | 05/09/2024 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee | Introduced or prefiled |
| New York | AB 8386 | Zoning Laws | A.8386A: Enacts the faith-based affordable housing act | 05/02/2024 - Amend And Recommit To Local Governments; Print Number 8386A | Introduced or prefiled |
| New York | AB 8806 | Mortgage Fraud; Rent Control and Stabilization | A.8806B: Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state education, labor, housing and family assistance budget for the 2024-2025 state fiscal year | 04/19/2024 - Amend (T) And Recommit To Ways And Means; Print Number 8806C; Reported Referred To Rules; Reported; Rules Report Cal.39; Ordered To Third Reading Rules Cal.39; Message Of Necessity - 3 Day Message; Substituted By S8306C | Introduced or prefiled |
| New York | AB 10006 | Rent Control and Stabilization | A.10006: Provides for tenant responses to applications for a major capital improvement rent increase | 05/01/2024 - Referred To Housing | Introduced or prefiled |
| New York | AB 10020 | Rent Control and Stabilization | A.10020: Prohibits landlords from using algorithmic devices to set the amount of rent to charge a residential tenant | 05/01/2024 - Referred To Housing | Introduced or prefiled |
| New York | AB 10030 | Rent Control and Stabilization | A.10030: Incorporates the city of Staten Island | 05/01/2024 - Referred To Cities | Introduced or prefiled |
| New York | AB 10210 | Rent Control and Stabilization | A.10210: Extends certain provisions relating to establishing initial rents in respect of certain loans to owners of existing multiple dwellings | 05/13/2024 - Referred To Housing | Introduced or prefiled |
| New York | AB 10213 | Rent Control and Stabilization | A.10213: Extends provisions relating to the department of housing preservation and development in the city of New York | 05/13/2024 - Referred To Housing | Introduced or prefiled |
| New York | AB 10214 | Rent Control and Stabilization | A.10214: Extends provisions relating to buildings that are part of urban development action area projects and are rehabilitated with municipal loans | 05/13/2024 - Referred To Housing | Introduced or prefiled |
| New York | SB 1685 | Rent Control and Stabilization | S.1685A: Establishes the small rental housing development initiative to provide funding to eligible applicants to construct small rental housing developments in eligible areas | 05/14/2024 - Hearing Scheduled: Senate Committee on Finance at 11:00 AM EDT; Location: Room 124 CAP | Passed committee in first chamber |
| New York | SB 1944 | Rent Control and Stabilization | S.1944A: Requires property owners to dedicate certain residential units to rent regulated status following demolition and new construction or substantial renovation | 05/07/2024 - Reported And Committed To Finance | Passed committee in first chamber |
| New York | SB 2263 | Tenancy Termination | S.2263: Prohibits the eviction of tenants for using medical marihuana for a certified medical use | 05/06/2024 - Passed Senate; Delivered To Assembly; Referred To Housing | Passed first chamber |
| New York | SB 7791 | Zoning Laws | S.7791A: Enacts the faith-based affordable housing act | 05/01/2024 - Amend And Recommit To Housing, Construction And Community Development; Print Number 7791A | Introduced or prefiled |
| New York | AB 8809 | Foreclosure: Process/Administration | A.8809A: Enacts into law major components of legislation which are necessary to implement the state fiscal plan for the 2024-2025 state fiscal year | 04/18/2024 - Amend (T) And Recommit To Ways And Means; Print Number 8809B; Reported Referred To Rules; Reported; Rules Report Cal.32; Ordered To Third Reading Rules Cal.32; Message Of Necessity - 3 Day Message; Substituted By S8309B | Introduced or prefiled |
| New York | SB 8306 | Foreclosure: Prevention/Mediation; Mortgage Fraud; Mortgage Servicing/Loan Administration: General Servicing/Loan Admin; Rent Control and Stabilization | S.8306B: Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state education, labor, housing and family assistance budget for the 2024-2025 state fiscal year | 04/20/2024 - Delivered to Governor; Signed Chap.56 | Enacted |
| New York | SB 8309 | Foreclosure: Notices, Prevention/Mediation, Process/Administration | S.8309B: Enacts into law major components of legislation which are necessary to implement the state fiscal plan for the 2024-2025 state fiscal year | 04/20/2024 - Signed Chap.59 | Enacted |
| Ohio | HB 375 | Foreclosure: Notices, Process/Administration; Mortgage Servicing/Loan Administration: General Servicing/Loan Admin | H.B.375: To amend sections of the Revised Code to make changes to the law relating to tax foreclosures and county land reutilization corporations. | 04/30/2024 - Hearing Scheduled: House Committee on Economic and Workforce Development at 1:00 PM EDT; Location: Room 114 | Introduced or prefiled |
| Oregon | HB 4126 | Rent Control and Stabilization | Digest: Allows cities and counties to impose rent control. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 70.8). Repeals the prohibition on local rent control. Declares an emergency, effective on passage. | 04/19/2024 - Died pursuant to adjournment | Dead |
| Rhode Island | HB 7324 | Zoning Laws | This act would remove basement area from the calculation of floor area ratios in relation to the provisions that a zoning ordinance may address. This act would take effect upon passage. | 04/30/2024 - House passed Sub A | Passed first chamber |
| Rhode Island | HB 7948 | Zoning Laws | This act would provide amendments to the requirements of the inclusionary zoning law for affordable housing development. This act would take effect on January 1, 2025. | 04/16/2024 - Referred to Senate Judiciary | Passed committee in first chamber |
| Rhode Island | HB 7951 | Zoning Laws | This act would provide amendments relative to the compliance and implementation of the comprehensive planning and use act including the conditions upon which limitations may be placed on land use applications by municipalities. This act would take effect upon passage. | 05/13/2024 - Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government | Passed first chamber |
| Rhode Island | HB 7981 | Zoning Laws | This act would amend the provisions relative to permitted uses within residential, industrial and commercial zoning use districts. This act would take effect on October 1, 2024. | 05/10/2024 - Placed on House Calendar (05/14/2024) | Passed committee in first chamber |
| Rhode Island | SB 2408 | Adaptive Reuse; Zoning Laws | This act would amend several sections of chapter 24 of title 45, entitled "zoning ordinances," also known as the "Rhode Island zoning enabling act of 1991," with the intent of preserving neighborhood character and promoting smart growth. This act would take effect upon passage. | 05/16/2024 - Hearing Scheduled: Housing and Municipal Government | Introduced or prefiled |
| Rhode Island | SB 2417 | Rent Control and Stabilization | This act would create a tenant bill of rights to include the right to counsel for indigent tenants with children, the right to habitability, the right to organize free from harassment, the right to not be discriminated against based on race, religion, sexual orientation, source of income, criminal record or credit score, the right of first refusal if the landlord decides to sell the property, and a limitation on rent increases to four percent (4%) per year unless the landlord can articulate necessity for a greater increase. This act would further provide a tenant with the right to deduct up to the sum of one month's rent for repairs. This act would take effect upon passage. | 04/30/2024 - Meeting postponed (05/02/2024) | Introduced or prefiled |
| Rhode Island | SB 2630 | Zoning Laws | This act would amend several sections of law relating to zoning ordinances to provide uniform zoning standards for accessory dwelling units. This act would take effect upon passage. | 05/16/2024 - Hearing Scheduled: Housing and Municipal Government | Introduced or prefiled |
| Rhode Island | SB 2892 | Rent Control and Stabilization | This act would prohibit the use of an algorithm or artificial intelligence to set residential rental amounts and would prohibit landlord price fixing of residential rents. Violations would constitute a deceptive trade practice and violators would be subject to a civil suit in which a prevailing party may recover treble damages, attorneys' fees and costs. This act would take effect upon passage. | 05/02/2024 - Committee recommended measure be held for further study | Introduced or prefiled |
| Rhode Island | SB 2893 | Rent Control and Stabilization | This act would make it a deceptive trade practice for two (2) or more landlords to conspire to take actions that would establish a set price for dwelling units or to withhold dwelling units from the market in order to increase the demand for the dwelling units among prospective tenants. This act would make such action(s) subject to a private civil cause of action, which could include a class action, as well as criminal prosecution as a misdemeanor. This act would take effect upon passage. | 05/02/2024 - Committee recommended measure be held for further study | Introduced or prefiled |
| Rhode Island | SB 2923 | Tenancy Termination | This act would create the division of civil representation within the department of housing and require a designated legal organization to provide legal representation to all tenants who qualify in eviction proceedings. The act would also provide that notice of a tenant's right to legal representation be included in all residential landlord/tenant complaint forms and that any attempt to waive that right in a lease would be void. This act would take effect upon passage. | 05/02/2024 - Committee recommended measure be held for further study | Introduced or prefiled |
| Rhode Island | SB 2952 | ESG - Mortgage | This act would establish a program for the energy and water benchmarking of large buildings in Rhode Island and a standard for their energy performance. Further, the intent of the legislature is to ensure that the office of energy resources has dedicated resources sufficient to administer its responsibilities under this chapter to enable swift and steady progress towards Rhode Island's net-zero mandate. This act would take effect upon passage. | 05/01/2024 - Committee recommended measure be held for further study | Introduced or prefiled |
| Rhode Island | SB 2998 | Zoning Laws | This act would amend several sections of law relating to zoning ordinances to provide uniform zoning standards for accessory dwelling units. This act would take effect upon passage. | 05/16/2024 - Hearing Scheduled: Housing and Municipal Government | Introduced or prefiled |
| Rhode Island | SB 2999 | Zoning Laws | This act would provide amendments to the requirements of the inclusionary zoning law for affordable housing development. This act would take effect on January 1, 2025. | 05/02/2024 - Committee recommended measure be held for further study | Introduced or prefiled |
| South Carolina | SB 542 | ESG - Mortgage; Property Assessed Clean Energy | A BILL TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ENACTING THE "SOUTH CAROLINA COMMERCIAL PROPERTY ASSESSED CLEAN ENERGY AND RESILIENCE ACT"; AND BY ADDING CHAPTER 39 TO TITLE 6 SO AS TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS, CREATE AND ESTABLISH THE PROGRAM, PROVIDE FOR APPLICATION AND ADMINISTRATION, ESTABLISH A PROCESS FOR ASSESSING AND COLLECTING LIENS, PROVIDE FINANCING, AND TO DEVELOP STANDARDS, AMONG OTHER THINGS. | 04/30/2024 - Hearing Scheduled: House Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry at See Committee Agenda for Time.; Location: Blatt Room 403 | Passed first chamber |
| Tennessee | HB 2100 | ESG - Mortgage; Lending Restrictions: General Lending Restrictions | H.B.2100: Consumer Protection - As enacted, requires financial institutions and insurers to make determinations about the provision or denial of services based on certain analysis; prohibits financial institutions and insurers from denying or canceling services to a person, or otherwise discriminating against a person, based upon certain factors, including the person's political opinions, speech, or affiliations, or religious beliefs, religious exercise, or religious affiliations. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9; Title 45; Title 47 and Title 56. | 04/22/2024 - Signed by Governor.; Pub. Ch. 746; Effective date(s) 07/01/2024 | Enacted |
| Vermont | HB 687 | Rent Control and Stabilization | An act relating to community resilience and biodiversity protection through land use | 05/10/2024 - House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment with proposal of amendment; Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration; House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment; House proposal of amendment concurred in with further proposal of amendment; Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith; Senate Message: House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment concurred in with further proposal of amendment thereto; Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration; Senate proposal of amendment to House proposal of amendment to Senate proposal of amendment concurred in | Passed both chambers |
| Wisconsin | AB 877 | Rent Control and Stabilization; Zoning Laws | Current law prohibits political subdivisions from regulating the amount of rent or fees charged for residential rental property and from imposing inclusionary zoning requirements. Inclusionary zoning requirements are requirements that prescribe "that a certain number or percentage of new or existing residential dwelling units in a land development be made available for rent or sale to an individual or family with a family income at or below a certain percentage of the median income." This bill eliminates these prohibitions. | 04/15/2024 - Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 | Introduced or prefiled |
| Wisconsin | SB 295 | Adaptive Reuse | This bill establishes a commercial-to-housing conversion revolving loan fund under the jurisdiction and control of the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority. The purpose of the fund is for WHEDA to award loans as provided in the bill to developers for the conversion of vacant commercial buildings to new residential developments consisting of workforce or senior housing and containing at least 16 dwelling units. The bill requires WHEDA, for a period of four years, to set aside 25 percent of any moneys appropriated to the fund in the 2023-25 fiscal biennium for commercial-to-housing conversion projects supporting senior housing. | 04/15/2024 - Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 | Passed committee in first chamber |
| Wisconsin | SB 296 | Zoning Laws | This bill requires political subdivisions to approve certain permit applications related to residential housing developments that are consistent with certain local requirements and limits the authority of a political subdivision to impose a supermajority requirement for a zoning ordinance amendment. The bill also specifies procedures that apply to judicial review of certain local determinations related to land use. | 04/15/2024 - Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 | Passed committee in first chamber |
| Wisconsin | SB 655 | Rent Control and Stabilization | Under this bill, if a residential tenant fails to pay rent when due, the tenant's tenancy is terminated only if the landlord gives the tenant a notice that requires the tenant to pay rent or vacate within at least 30 days after the notice is given; the tenant fails to pay the rent; and the landlord applies for and is denied emergency rental assistance under a local, state, or federal assistance program, if such a program exists, or is ineligible for such emergency rental assistance. Finally, the bill prohibits a landlord that receives emergency rental assistance under a local, state, or federal assistance program from raising the tenant's rent for 12 months, except that the landlord may raise rent to cover any increase in property taxes for the tenant's rental unit. | 04/15/2024 - Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 | Introduced or prefiled |
| Wisconsin | SB 670 | Tenancy Termination | Under current law, no city, village, town, or county may enact or enforce an ordinance that imposes a moratorium on a landlord from pursuing an eviction action against a tenant of the landlord's residential or commercial property. This bill repeals that provision. | 04/15/2024 - Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 | Introduced or prefiled |
| Wisconsin | SB 821 | Rent Control and Stabilization; Zoning Laws | Current law prohibits political subdivisions from regulating the amount of rent or fees charged for residential rental property and from imposing inclusionary zoning requirements. Inclusionary zoning requirements are requirements that prescribe "that a certain number or percentage of new or existing residential dwelling units in a land development be made available for rent or sale to an individual or family with a family income at or below a certain percentage of the median income." This bill eliminates these prohibitions. | 04/15/2024 - Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 | Introduced or prefiled |
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