Executive session: committee adopts substitutes and sends three housing bills to Ways & Means
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Summary
In executive session the Senate Housing Committee adopted substitutes and recommended due pass to Ways & Means for three bills: SB 5,469 (algorithmic rental pricing substitute A), SB 5,580 (corporate homeowner registration), and SB 5,587 (biennial housing report substitute B).
During the Feb. 14 executive session the Senate Housing Committee took formal actions on three bills and sent each to the Ways and Means Committee with due‑pass recommendations.
- SB 5,469: Committee adopted Proposed Substitute A (sponsor: Senator Solomon) that narrowed the bill’s reach to avoid capturing public rent‑estimate products and added a private right of action; the committee then moved a due pass recommendation to Ways & Means. Committee discussion referenced concerns from online listing services and the desire to reduce the attorney general’s sole enforcement role.
- SB 5,580: Committee moved that the bill receive a due‑pass recommendation and be sent to the Ways & Means Committee. The bill would create a corporate homeowner registration program and require registration by entities owning 20 or more housing units in the state; a fiscal note is available.
- SB 5,587: Committee adopted Proposed Substitute B (sponsor: Senator Bateman) which removed a provision prohibiting denial of affordable housing developments and refocused the bill on research measuring housing gaps by income bands and prioritization of infill development for the public works board; the substitute received a due‑pass recommendation to Ways & Means.
Votes were taken by voice; the committee record in the transcript shows adoption and due‑pass motions and that each measure passed “subject to signatures.” The transcript did not record roll‑call tallies or individual member votes.