Expands allowable middle housing and expands middle housing requirements to include urban unincorporated lands.

Housing

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Last action: 2025-08-07
Official status: Chapter Number Assigned
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

2025-08-07 House
Chapter 476, (2025 Laws): Effective date July 17, 2025.
2025-07-17 House
Governor signed.
2025-06-30 House
Speaker signed.
2025-06-30 Senate
President signed.
2025-06-26 House
House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. Ayes, 31; Nays, 12--Boice, Drazan, Edwards, Elmer, Hartman, Javadi, Levy B, Lewis, Osborne, Scharf, Skarlatos, Smith G; Excused, 9--Cate, Diehl, Harbick, McIntire, Nguyen H, Reschke, Wallan, Wright, Yunker; Excused for Business of the House, 8--Boshart Davis, Breese-Iverson, Gamba, Helfrich, Lively, Mannix, McLain, Nathanson.
2025-06-24 Senate
Second reading.
2025-06-24 Senate
Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Frederick. Passed. Ayes, 21; Nays, 8--Bonham, Gelser Blouin, Hayden, Linthicum, McLane, Nash, Robinson, Starr; Excused, 1--Thatcher.
2025-06-23 Senate
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the B-Eng. bill, to resolve conflicts. (Printed C-Eng.)
2025-06-20 Senate
Work Session held.
2025-06-19 Senate
First reading. Referred to President's desk.
2025-06-19 Senate
Referred to Ways and Means.
2025-06-18 House
Third reading. Carried by Marsh. Passed. Ayes, 33; Nays, 17--Boice, Breese-Iverson, Cate, Diehl, Drazan, Edwards, Harbick, Hartman, Levy B, Lewis, Nguyen D, Osborne, Reschke, Scharf, Skarlatos, Wright, Yunker; Excused, 7--Boshart Davis, McIntire, Munoz, Nguyen H, Owens, Smith G, Wallan; Excused for Business of the House, 3--Elmer, Evans, Helfrich.
2025-06-17 House
Second reading.
2025-06-16 House
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed.
2025-06-13 House
Work Session held.
2025-06-10 House
Work Session held.
2025-06-10 House
Returned to Full Committee.
2025-06-06 House
Assigned to Subcommittee On Transportation and Economic Development.
2025-04-16 House
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means.
2025-04-16 House
Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker.
2025-04-09 House
Work Session held.
2025-04-02 House
Work Session held.
2025-03-26 House
Public Hearing held.
2025-03-03 House
Public Hearing held.
2025-01-17 House
Referred to Housing and Homelessness.
2025-01-13 House
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: This Act allows for denser home building in cities and requires the LCDC to adopt rules. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.9).
Expands allowable middle housing and expands middle housing requirements to include urban unincorporated lands. Expands allowable single room occupancies. Establishes dates by which local governments must implement changes.
Makes retroactive the prohibition on private restrictions, including restrictions in governing documents of planned communities, that would limit middle housing, accessory dwelling units or housing density. Becomes operative January 1, 2027.
Reforms expedited land division provisions and makes such divisions land use decisions that are exempt from hearing requirements and appeals by opponents.
Allows for plats that consolidate a land division and a middle housing land division and requires review within 120 days.
Requires the Land Conservation and Development Commission to adopt rules by January 1, 2028, to promote housing development and implement various provisions of this Act. Increases appropriations for rulemaking and for technical assistance grants.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Relating to: Relating to land use; and declaring an emergency.
Current location: Chapter Number Assigned