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CS/HB 1389: Affordable Housing

GENERAL BILL by Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee ; Redondo

Affordable Housing; Requires counties & municipalities, respectively, to authorize multifamily & mixed-use residential uses as allowable uses for specified property; requires certain proposed developments to be within specified geographic boundaries; requires certain counties, municipalities, & school districts to be party to application for certain proposed developments; prohibits counties & municipalities, respectively, from restricting height of certain proposed developments in certain manner or requiring setbacks or step-backs that are more restrictive than certain zoning regulations; authorizes applicants for certain proposed developments to notify, by specified date, county or municipality, as applicable, on applicant's intent to proceed under certain provisions of law; requires counties & municipalities to allow certain applicants to submit revised applications, written requests, or notices of intent to account for changes made by act; provides that specified provisions of law relating to proposed developments do not apply to airport zoning regulations unless governing body of airport approves application; prohibits certain discriminatory practices based on financing of development, or proposed development, for affordable housing; waiving state's sovereign immunity for certain causes of action.

Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 2/13/2026 House - 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/9/2026 House • Filed
1/13/2026 House • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
1/15/2026 House • Referred to Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
• Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
• Referred to Commerce Committee
• Now in Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
2/9/2026 House • Added to Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee agenda
2/11/2026 House • Favorable with CS by Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
2/12/2026 House • Reported out of Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
• Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
• CS Filed
2/13/2026 House • Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
• Referred to Commerce Committee
• Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
• 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)