HB2149
Zoning for Housing Production Pilot Program; created, report, sunset.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Zoning for Housing Production Pilot Program created; affordable dwelling unit policy incentives; report.
Creates the Zoning for Housing Production Pilot Program to be administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development. To be eligible for a grant from the Program, an eligible locality, as named in the bill, is required to make a change to its zoning policies to allow for by-right ... (More) development that is expected to further the goal of creating and maintaining mixed-income communities, affordable housing, and moderately priced housing, as those terms are defined in the bill. The Department is required to establish certain guidelines for the Program no later than December 31, 2025, and to notify eligible localities of the existence and purpose of the Program no later than February 1, 2026. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2028. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/07/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25101607D
- 01/07/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/16/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2149)
- 01/20/2025 - House: Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
- 01/20/2025 - House: Placed on General Laws Agenda
- 01/23/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/2025 - House: Placed on General Laws Agenda
- 01/28/2025 - House: Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (20-Y 2-N)
- 01/28/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/28/2025 - House: Assigned Approps sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
- 01/29/2025 - House: Placed on Appropriations Agenda
- 01/29/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
- 01/29/2025 - House: Reported from Appropriations (15-Y 6-N)
- 01/31/2025 - House: Read first time
- 02/03/2025 - House: Read second time
- 02/03/2025 - House: General Laws Amendments agreed to
- 02/03/2025 - House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/03/2025 - House: Printed as engrossed 25101607D-E
- 02/04/2025 - House: Read third time and passed House (70-Y 29-N)
- 02/04/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2149)
- 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 and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/2025 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N 1-A)
