Urban Affairs & Housing 2025-2026
The Senate Urban Affairs & Housing committee met on Wednesday, May 6, 2026 to vote on the following bills:
SB 803 (Brown) – First Time Homebuyers Savings Accounts
- Reported out of committee unanimously
SB1277 (Stefano) – Property Tax Abatements for Redevelopment
- Reported out of committee 9-2 (Senators Coleman & Keefer voting No)
SB1278 (Picozzi) – Residential Economic Redevelopment
- Reported out of committee 9-2 (Senators Coleman & Keefer voting No)
SB1279 (Phillips-Hill) – Reducing Red Tape & Home Ownership and Housing Development Regulatory Compliance Officer
- Reported out of committee 8-3 (Senators Fontana, Saval, & Street voting No)
SB1281 (Rothman) – Pre-Approved Housing Plans
- Reported out of committee 10-1 (Senator Miller voting No)
The Senate Urban Affairs & Housing committee met on Wednesday, November 19, 2025 to vote on the following bills:
SB979 (Brown) – Amends Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) to provide for a one-time prohibition on property reassessment following an improvement to an owner-occupied property 20% or less than the recently assessed value of the property.
- The bill was reported out of committee unanimously.
HB858 (Solomon) – Amends Title 68 (Real and Personal Property) to establish chapter 25 “County Property Contact Information List” which directs county chief assessors to establish a list of non-owner-occupied properties and contact information for the owner or owner representative. Municipalities will have the opportunity to then contact the owner or owner representative in the event the property becomes blighted.
- The bill was reported out of committee unanimously.
The Senate Urban Affairs & Housing committee met on Wednesday, June 11, 2025 to vote on the following bills:
SB62 (Farry) – Establishes a pilot redevelopment authority revolving loan program to support authority activities in counties classes 2a through eighth.
- The bill was reported as amended unanimously.
- Amendment 776 (Picozzi) – Removes the appropriation from the bill. Approved unanimously.
SB345 (Argall) – Increases the optional county demolition fee cap from $15 to $16 and adds a COLA on an annual basis based on inflation.
- The bill was reported from committee by an 8-3 vote.
SB815 (Picozzi & Brown) – Exempts first-time homebuyers from the state portion of the realty transfer tax.
- The bill was reported from committee by a 10-1 vote.
HB96 (Pielli) – Allows for homeowners to designate an individual to receive notifications regarding delinquent taxes on the owner’s property and requires DCED to create a form to allow for such designation.
- The bill was reported from committee unanimously.
HB734 (Madsen) – Requires landlords to provide safe and habitable housing and provides for relocation of a tenant from condemned units based on length of displacement.
- The bill was reported from committee by a 9-2 vote.
Senator Nikil Saval
Committee Chair