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CS/CS/HB 1235: Housing Assistance

GENERAL BILL by Appropriations Committee ; Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee ; Miller ; Brodeur ; La Rosa ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Costello ; Peters ; Renner ; Santiago ; Torres ; Williams

Housing Assistance; Provides duties of State Office on Homelessness; directs State Office on Homelessness to create task force to make recommendations regarding implementation of statewide Homeless Management Information System; revises grant award requirements; revises requirements for local homeless assistance continuum of care plan; provides requirements for Rapid ReHousing; prohibits county or eligible municipality from expending its portion of local housing distribution to provide ongoing rent subsidies; provides that certain partnership process of State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program should involve lead agencies of local homeless assistance continuums of care; encourages counties & eligible municipalities to develop strategy within their local housing assistance plans which provides program funds for reducing homelessness; prohibits housing authority from applying for seize projects, units, or vouchers of another established housing authority.

Effective Date: 7/1/2016
Last Action: 3/7/2016 House - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 1534 (Ch. 2016-210) -HJ 872
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/7/2016 House • Filed
1/12/2016 House • Introduced -HJ 103
1/15/2016 House • Referred to Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; Economic Affairs Committee -HJ 228
1/22/2016 House • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee, 01/26/16, 8:00 am, 12 HOB
1/26/2016 House • CS by Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 -HJ 318
1/28/2016 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
• CS by Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 312
1/29/2016 House • Now in Appropriations Committee -HJ 322
2/12/2016 House • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee, 02/16/16, 3:00 pm, Webster Hall
2/16/2016 House • CS/CS by Appropriations Committee; YEAS 24 NAYS 0 -HJ 483
2/17/2016 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
• CS/CS by Appropriations Committee read 1st time -HJ 480
2/19/2016 House • Original reference(s) removed: Economic Affairs Committee
• Referred to- Calendar -HJ 517
3/4/2016 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/07/16
3/7/2016 House • Substituted CS/SB 1534 -HJ 872
• Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 1534 (Ch. 2016-210) -HJ 872