Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to state government; eliminating the Legislative Commission on Housing
3	3	1.3 Affordability; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 3.8845.
4	4	1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
5	5	1.5 Section 1. REPEALER.
6	6	1.6 Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 3.8845, is repealed.
7	7	1Section 1.
8	8	25-02659 as introduced02/06/25 REVISOR SGS/MI
9	9	SENATE
10	10	STATE OF MINNESOTA
11	11	S.F. No. 1445NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
12	12	(SENATE AUTHORS: LANG)
13	13	OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
14	14	Introduction and first reading02/17/2025
15	15	Referred to Housing and Homelessness Prevention 3.8845 LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION ON HOUSING AFFORDABILITY.
16	16	Subdivision 1.Membership.(a) The Legislative Commission on Housing Affordability consists
17	17	of:
18	18	(1) two senators appointed by the senate majority leader;
19	19	(2) two senators appointed by the senate minority leader;
20	20	(3) two representatives appointed by the speaker of the house; and
21	21	(4) two representatives appointed by the minority leader of the house of representatives.
22	22	(b) Each appointing authority must make appointments by January 31 of the regular legislative
23	23	session in the odd-numbered year.
24	24	Subd. 2.Meetings.The ranking senator from the majority party appointed to the commission
25	25	must convene the first meeting of a biennium by February 15 in the odd-numbered year.
26	26	Subd. 3.Terms; vacancies.Members of the commission serve for terms beginning upon
27	27	appointment and ending at the beginning of the regular legislative session in the next odd-numbered
28	28	year. The appropriate appointing authority must fill a vacancy for a seat of a current legislator for
29	29	the remainder of the unexpired term.
30	30	Subd. 4.Officers.The commission must elect a chair and may elect other officers as it determines
31	31	are necessary at the first meeting of the commission in an odd-numbered year. The chair alternates
32	32	between a member of the senate and a member of the house of representatives at the start of the
33	33	regular legislative session in each odd-numbered year.
34	34	Subd. 5.Staff.The Legislative Coordinating Commission must provide administrative and
35	35	research assistance to the commission.
36	36	Subd. 6.Duties.The commission shall:
37	37	(1) define housing affordability and study issues relating to housing affordability and the
38	38	construction, preservation, and rehabilitation of owner-occupied and rental housing, including
39	39	subsidized housing, existing and future government regulations impacting housing affordability,
40	40	market forces impacting housing affordability, and access to homeownership;
41	41	(2) review and provide the legislature with research and analysis of emerging issues affecting
42	42	housing affordability and homeownership access, including but not limited to construction work
43	43	force, innovation, building practices, and building material costs;
44	44	(3) review and provide the legislature with research and analysis of policies to reduce the
45	45	homeownership equity gap; and
46	46	(4) review and make recommendations on legislative and rulemaking proposals positively
47	47	impacting personal housing affordability, access to homeownership, and other related barriers to
48	48	homeownership, especially with regard to first-time home buyers and economically disadvantaged
49	49	buyers and renters.
50	50	Subd. 7.Expiration.This section expires June 30, 2023.
51	51	1R
52	52	APPENDIX
53	53	Repealed Minnesota Statutes: 25-02659