HB2153
Comprehensive plan; housing development by nonprofit organizations.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
April 2, 2025
Governor's recommendation adopted
Chief Patron:
Betsy Carr (D)
Session:
2025 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Affordable housing; comprehensive plan; development by nonprofit organizations; Department of Housing and Community Development.
Grants authority to localities to adopt a variety of strategies intended to encourage and facilitate the development of affordable housing on property owned by property tax-exempt nonprofit organizations. To stimulate development of such property, the bill allows localities to provide by ordinance the alteration or waiver of requirements for certain ... (More) zoning permits and the creation of site plan application incentives. The bill requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to publish a document describing the strategies a locality may consider on the Department's website no later than December 1, 2025. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/07/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25101682D
- 01/07/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/20/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2153)
- 01/27/2025 - House: Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
- 01/27/2025 - House: Placed on General Laws Agenda
- 01/30/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)
- 01/30/2025 - House: Placed on General Laws Agenda
- 01/30/2025 - House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (14-Y 7-N)
- 01/30/2025 - House: Committee substitute printed 25106329D-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 (52-Y 45-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/05/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/05/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/05/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2153)
- 02/12/2025 - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (9-Y 6-N)
- 02/12/2025 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 25107340D-S1
- 02/13/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2153)
- 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: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: General Laws and Technology Substitute agreed to
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/19/2025 - House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (52-Y 45-N) Close Floor Vote
- 03/07/2025 - House: Enrolled
- 03/07/2025 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2153ER)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2153)
- 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 - Governor's recommendation received by House
- 03/24/2025 - House: Governor's substitute printed (HB2153H2)
- 04/02/2025 - House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (84-Y 12-N)
- 04/02/2025 - Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (35-Y 5-N)
- 04/02/2025 - Governor's recommendation adopted
