Given to Other Chamber Authored by Cassandra Garcia Hernandez (D) View at Source
Caption: Relating to municipal permitting requirements for certain development projects supported with low income housing tax credit allocations. Initially Referred to House Land & Resource Management Committee, chaired by a Republican
HB 4398 mandates expedited review of building permits for affordable housing projects that receive low-income housing tax credits. Municipalities with populations over 100,000 must process these permits in half the standard time or through accelerated review processes where available.
Joint authors: Anchia (D); Gates (R); Geren (R)
Mar 11, 2025
(H) Garcia Hernandez signed onto the bill as Author (H) Filed
Apr 1, 2025
(H) Read first time (H) Referred to the House Land & Resource Management, chaired by a Republican
Apr 24, 2025
(H) Scheduled for public hearing on . . . (H) Considered in public hearing (H) Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee (H) Left pending in committee
May 2, 2025
(H) Considered in formal meeting (H) Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
May 6, 2025
(H) Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
May 7, 2025
(H) Committee report distributed (H) Committee report sent to Calendars
May 9, 2025
(H) Considered in Calendars
May 11, 2025
(H) Placed on General State Calendar
May 13, 2025
(H) Anchia signed onto the bill as Joint Author (H) Gates signed onto the bill as Joint Author
May 14, 2025
(H) Geren signed onto the bill as Joint Author (H) Read 2nd time (H) Postponed (H) Laid out as postponed business (H) A Republican amendment (No. 1) from Gates amended the bill. (H) Passed to engrossment as amended (H) Record vote
RV#2565: Yea 77 (R 20, D 57) - Nay 60 (R 59, D 1) View Source
Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded.
Cody Vasut: "When Record No. 2672 was taken, I was presiding in the chair and was shown voting present, not voting. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)
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(H) Reported engrossed (S) Received from the House
Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill
Against
(Thu 4/24/2025) Registering before H Land & Resource Management as Ariel Traub for City of Garland
For
(Thu 4/24/2025) Testifying before H Land & Resource Management as Felicity Maxwell for Texans for Housing (Thu 4/24/2025) Testifying before H Land & Resource Management as Nathan Kelley for self (with TAAHP) (Thu 4/24/2025) Registering before H Land & Resource Management as Ashley Brundage for Habitat for Humanity (Thu 4/24/2025) Registering before H Land & Resource Management as Blanca Laborde for The Real Estate Council (Thu 4/24/2025) Registering before H Land & Resource Management as Bryan Tony for Dallas Housing Coalition (Thu 4/24/2025) Registering before H Land & Resource Management as J.D. Hale for Texas Association of Builders (TAB) (Thu 4/24/2025) Registering before H Land & Resource Management as Kenneth Flippin for self (with US Green Building Council) (Thu 4/24/2025) Registering before H Land & Resource Management as Kyle Jackson for Texas Apartment Association (Thu 4/24/2025) Registering before H Land & Resource Management as Nate Walker for Texas Housers (Thu 4/24/2025) Registering before H Land & Resource Management as Steven Deline for self (Thu 4/24/2025) Registering before H Land & Resource Management as Susan Stewart for self (Thu 4/24/2025) Registering before H Land & Resource Management as Tanya Lavelle for Disability Rights Texas (Thu 4/24/2025) Registering before H Land & Resource Management as Zach Faddis for AURA ATX