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2025 Regular Session

House Bill 7112

AN ACT CONCERNING HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS AND THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on May 6, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To (1) establish a sewer system infrastructure support program, (2) prohibit requiring a lot size greater than one acre for construction of a residence, (3) prohibit a municipality from installing or constructing hostile architecture, (4) require the collection of data regarding LGBTQ youth and young adults, (5) modify the rental assistance program, (6) authorize bonding for municipalities administering a housing choice voucher home ownership program, (7) modify the Community Investment Fund to provide automatic bonding for affordable housing projects, (8) establish a middle housing grant pilot program, (9) establish a pilot program to provide portable showers and laundry facilities to persons experiencing homelessness, (10) establish a direct rental assistance pilot program, and (11) require the majority leaders' roundtable to study (A) establishing an Affordable Housing Real Estate Trust, (B) providing funding to individuals renovating properties in areas with low appraisal values, (C) establishing rental savings accounts and rental tax credits, and (D) establishing extreme temperature protocols to protect persons experiencing homelessness.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

6 co-sponsors

Geoff Luxenberg, Steven Winter, Travis Simms, Gary A. Turco Jr., Geraldo C. Reyes Jr., Hilda E. Santiago

Its course

February 27 to May 6, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action15 actions on 9 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 27 to May 6 · stopped68 days

Housing CommitteeFeb 27 to Mar 67 days

Finance, Revenue and Bonding CommitteeApr 29 to May 56 days

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Feb 27 – May 5

  1. Feb 27Introduced and sent to Housing Committee
  2. Feb 28Heard in Housing Committee
  3. Mar 6Housing Committee recommended a substitute for it
  4. Apr 29Sent to Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee
  5. May 5Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee recommended it
All 15 actions, as published
  1. Feb 27REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
  2. Feb 28PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
  3. Mar 6Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
  4. Mar 10FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
  5. Mar 20REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
  6. Mar 26RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
  7. Mar 26FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
  8. Mar 26HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
  9. Mar 26FILE NO.Both houses
  10. Apr 29REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ONHouse of Representatives
  11. May 5Joint FavorableBoth houses
  12. May 6FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
  13. May 6RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
  14. May 6NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
  15. May 6TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives