Affordable Housing

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Affordable Housing; Revises upwards length of time that certain rental units must remain affordable in order to qualify for specified zoning variance; requires certain incentives be used for construction of affordable housing; revises downward maximum median income used to determine eligibility for certain tax incentives; specifies that certain taxes do not apply to first-time homebuyers.

Every action

16 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

1. Jan 30, 2026CommitteeReported out of Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee · House Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
2. Jan 30, 2026HouseLaid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
3. Jan 30, 2026HouseCS Filed
4. Jan 30, 2026House1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
5. Feb 2, 2026CommitteeReferred to Ways & Means Committee · House Ways & Means Committee
6. Feb 2, 2026CommitteeReferred to Commerce Committee · House Commerce Committee
7. Feb 2, 2026CommitteeNow in Ways & Means Committee · House Ways & Means Committee
8. Mar 13, 2026CommitteeDied in Ways & Means Committee · House Ways & Means Committee

Roll calls

1 recorded vote: 0 on the floor, 1 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 18 cosponsors: 18 Democrats.

• Fentrice DriskellD Primary sponsor · District 16
• HA Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee Sponsoring committee