SB 1548: Affordable Housing

GENERAL BILL by Calatayud

Affordable Housing; Requiring counties and municipalities, respectively, to authorize certain residential use on property owned by a county, municipality, or school district under certain circumstances; revising the definition of the term “person”; revising a prohibition on discriminatory practices in land use decisions and in permitting of development to include housing that is affordable; waiving the state’s sovereign immunity for certain causes of action based upon housing discrimination, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 1/9/2026 08:23 AM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Community Affairs (CA)
  2. Fiscal Policy (FP)
  3. Rules (RC)

• Related Bills (3)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 837 (c2) by Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee Affordable Housing Last Action: 3/11/2026 H Laid on Table, refer to SB 962	Compare
  H 1389 (er) by Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee Affordable Housing Last Action: 3/13/2026 H Ordered engrossed, then enrolled	Compare
  S 962 (er) by Bradley Affordable Housing Last Action: 3/17/2026 S Ordered enrolled	Compare

• Analyses (6)

  Links in this section are PDF documents.

  • Community Affairs (Pre-Meeting)   2/2/2026
  • Community Affairs (Post-Meeting)   2/3/2026
  • Fiscal Policy (Pre-Meeting)   2/27/2026
  • Rules (Pre-Meeting)   3/2/2026
  • Fiscal Policy (Post-Meeting)   3/2/2026
  • Rules (Post-Meeting)   3/4/2026

• Committee Votes (3)

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  Date	Version	Committee	Result
  2/3/2026 3:30 PM	S 1548	Community Affairs	8 Yeas - 0 Nays
  3/2/2026 12:00 PM	S 1548	Fiscal Policy	18 Yeas - 0 Nays
  3/3/2026 9:00 AM	S 1548	Rules	21 Yeas - 0 Nays

• Citations - Statute (6)

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  125.01055	Affordable housing.	Page 2 (pdf)
  166.04151	Affordable housing.	Page 6 (pdf)
  333.03	Requirement to adopt airport zoning regulations.	Page 11 (pdf)
  760.22	Definitions.	Page 12 (pdf)
  760.26	Prohibited discrimination in land use decisions and in permitting of development.	Page 12 (pdf)
  760.35	Civil actions and relief; administrative procedures.	Page 13 (pdf)

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  1/9/2026	S	• Filed
  1/16/2026	S	• Referred to Community Affairs; Fiscal Policy; Rules
  1/22/2026	S	• Introduced
  1/29/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 02/03/26, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
  2/3/2026	S	• Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
  2/4/2026	S	• Now in Fiscal Policy
  2/25/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/02/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
  3/2/2026	S	• Favorable by Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 • Now in Rules • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/03/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
  3/3/2026	S	• Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 21 NAYS 0
  3/4/2026	S	• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/26
  3/6/2026	S	• Read 2nd time -SJ 677 • Substituted CS/CS/HB 1389 -SJ 677 • Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 1389 -SJ 677