Defines lease-hold retirement community and proscribes rules and regulations for ownership and operation thereof
Summary
Sets up rules and regulations for the operation of lease-hold retirement communities to provide adequate housing for senior citizens wishing to retire and locate in a lease-hold retirement community; grants owners of homes in lease-hold retirement communities the right to sell their homes by methods common to sales of residential property; requires that owners of lease-hold retirement communities offer owners of homes the option to sign a long-term ninety-nine year lease.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Mar 2024
Assembly Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 27, 2023
Last action Mar 11, 2024
Floor votes · Assembly Jun 9, 2023
How they voted
146–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 150
Jun 9, 2023
D
Democratic103
97% Yea
R
Republican47
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
5
Committee
5
Amendments
3
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
upper
Mar 11, 2024
Lower · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
lower
Jun 9, 2023
Committee
REFERRED TO RULES
upper
Jun 9, 2023
Lower · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
lower
Jun 1, 2023
Lower · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES 4955B
lower
May 31, 2023
Committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
lower
May 24, 2023
Committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES
lower
May 19, 2023
Lower · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 4955A
lower
May 19, 2023
Lower · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HOUSING
lower
Feb 27, 2023
Committee
REFERRED TO HOUSING
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Fred Thiele
DDemocratic
Co
Carrie Woerner
DDemocratic
Co
Linda Rosenthal
DDemocratic
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