Concerning encouraging affordable housing development and preservation by providing cities limited sales tax remittance for qualifying investments, providing cities and counties authority to use real estate excise taxes to support affordable housing, and providing cities and counties with councilmanic authority to impose the affordable housing sales tax.
Bill status
failed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2017
Committee Review
Jul 2017
House Passage
Feb 2017
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 24, 2017
Last action Jan 16, 2018
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Jan 8, 2018
Introduced
By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
lower
Jul 20, 2017
Committee
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
lower
Apr 24, 2017
Introduced
By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
lower
Mar 7, 2017
Committee
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
lower
Mar 3, 2017
Lower · Passed
FIN - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Community Development, Housing & Tribal Affairs.
lower
Feb 17, 2017
Committee
Referred to Finance.
lower
Feb 15, 2017
Lower · Passed
CDHT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
lower
1 primary · 14 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
JM
Joan McBride
DDemocratic
Co
Beth Doglio
DDemocratic
Co
Gerry Pollet
DDemocratic
Co
Jake Fey
DDemocratic
Co
JF
Jessyn Farrell
DDemocratic
Co
June Robinson
DDemocratic
Co
Larry Springer
DDemocratic
Co
Laurie Jinkins
DDemocratic
Co
Mia Gregerson
DDemocratic
Co
Mike Chapman
DDemocratic
Co
Mike Sells
DDemocratic
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