Bills / S.B. 221
S.B. 221 Housing and Transit Reinvestment Zone Amendments
- Introduced
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- House committee (stopped here)
- House vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
The bill clarifies rules for housing and transit reinvestment zones, including limiting how many times tax increment can be triggered to five and defining the base year. It also lets project areas be linear, allows boundary adjustments through the county auditor and a state review before the local committee acts, and moves some regulatory duties away from the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity.
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Official description
- redefines the term "base year"
- defines the term "extraterritorial affordable housing"
- amends terms
- amends certain requirements and exceptions for boundary adjustments for certain investment zones
- modifies provisions regarding approval of certain investment zone proposals
- amends certain provisions regarding an existing community reinvestment project
- makes technical and conforming changes
- includes a coordination clause to coordinate changes in this bill with S.B. 39, Investment Zones Amendments
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Every vote
- 5 yes, 0 no, 4 absentSenate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee: vote to change the bill · Feb 9, 2026Who voted how
- 5 yes, 1 no, 3 absentSenate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 9, 2026Who voted how
- 23 yes, 4 no, 2 absentFirst of two Senate votes · Feb 23, 2026Who voted how
- 16 yes, 2 no, 11 absentFinal Senate vote · Feb 24, 2026Who voted how
- 9 yes, 1 no, 2 absentHouse Government Operations Committee: vote, which it did not pass · Mar 2, 2026Who voted how
Hearings and debates
- Feb 9, 2026 Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee▶ WatchRead the transcript (12 turns) →
- Feb 23, 2026 Senate floor debate▶ WatchRead the transcript (13 turns) →
- Feb 24, 2026 Senate floor debate▶ WatchRead the transcript (9 turns) →
- Mar 2, 2026 House Government Operations Committee▶ WatchRead the transcript (65 turns) →