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2024 SESSION

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HB 1398 Affordable housing; creates framework for localities to preserve housing.

Introduced by: Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Preservation of affordable housing; definitions; civil penalty. Creates a framework for localities to preserve affordable housing by exercising a right of first refusal on publicly supported housing, defined in the bill. The bill authorizes localities to implement an ordinance that requires an owner to accept a right of first refusal offer by the locality or qualified designee, defined in the bill, in order to preserve affordable housing for a period of not less than 15 years. The bill requires that any locality adopting such an ordinance to preserve affordable housing submit an annual report to the Department of Housing and Community Development by December 31.

FULL TEXT

• 01/17/24  House: Presented and ordered printed 24104809D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/06/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24106512D-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/25/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1398ER)  pdf | impact statement

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
• Governor's veto explanation

HISTORY

• 01/17/24  House: Presented and ordered printed 24104809D
• 01/17/24  House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
• 01/26/24  House: Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
• 02/01/24  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)
• 02/06/24  House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (11-Y 8-N)
• 02/06/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24106512D-H1
• 02/08/24  House: Read first time
• 02/09/24  House: Read second time
• 02/09/24  House: Committee substitute agreed to 24106512D-H1
• 02/09/24  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1398H1
• 02/12/24  House: Read third time and passed House (54-Y 46-N)
• 02/12/24  House: VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N)
• 02/13/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/13/24  Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
• 02/28/24  Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (9-Y 6-N)
• 03/01/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/04/24  Senate: Read third time
• 03/04/24  Senate: Passed by for the day
• 03/05/24  Senate: Read third time
• 03/05/24  Senate: Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
• 03/25/24  House: Enrolled
• 03/25/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1398ER)
• 03/25/24  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/26/24  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/27/24  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
• 03/27/24  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
• 04/08/24  Governor: Vetoed by Governor
• 04/17/24  House: House sustained Governor's veto