HB1973
Affordable housing; preservation, definitions, civil penalty.
Status:
Vetoed
Latest Action:
April 2, 2025
House: House sustained Governor's veto
Chief Patron:
Elizabeth Bennett-Parker (D)
Session:
2025 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. 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, ... (More) defined in the bill, in order to preserve affordable housing for at least 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 pursuant to existing law. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/07/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25101114D
- 01/07/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/14/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1973)
- 01/20/2025 - House: Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
- 01/20/2025 - House: Placed on General Laws Agenda
- 01/27/2025 - House: Placed on General Laws Agenda
- 01/30/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
- 01/30/2025 - House: Placed on General Laws Agenda
- 01/30/2025 - House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (12-Y 9-N)
- 01/30/2025 - House: Committee substitute printed 25105880D-H1
- 02/02/2025 - House: Read first time
- 02/03/2025 - House: Read second time
- 02/03/2025 - House: General Laws Substitute agreed to
- 02/03/2025 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/04/2025 - House: Read third time and passed House (50-Y 47-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/05/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1973)
- 02/05/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/05/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/12/2025 - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (9-Y 6-N)
- 02/14/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/14/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) Close Floor Vote
- 03/07/2025 - House: Enrolled
- 03/07/2025 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1973ER)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1973)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/2025 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
- 03/11/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
- 03/24/2025 - Vetoed by Governor
- 03/24/2025 - House: Governor's Veto Received by House
- 04/02/2025 - House: House sustained Governor's veto
