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Senate Local Government & Housing

Thursday, April 30, 2026·▶ Watch / Listen

Senate Local Government & Housing advanced two renter-protection bills over Republican objections while the sponsor of a lot-splitting housing bill killed his own measure on introduction; a local-control resolution died on a tie vote after an exchange over why 'nuclear detonations' had wound up in the text.

Key Actions

·Tenant Data InformationPassed

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Notable Quotes

there's people who. What their business is is to go and review eviction filings to advise landlords whether this person had ever had an eviction filed against him, even though it may not have resulted in an eviction.

Adrienne BenavidezBenavidez's central argument for scrubbing personal data from eviction records that never led to an eviction, which she said fuels a screening industry that penalizes tenants.

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Votes

Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (4)Matt Ball, Marc Snyder, Tony Exum, William Lindstedt
No (3)Mark Baisley, Larry Liston, Janice Rich
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (5)Matt Ball, William Lindstedt, Larry Liston, Marc Snyder, Tony Exum
No (2)Mark Baisley, Janice Rich
Postponed indefinitely — bill killedAction
Yes (6)Mark Baisley, Matt Ball, Larry Liston, Janice Rich, Marc Snyder, William Lindstedt
Excused (1)Tony Exum
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TranscriptPreview
Welcome, everybody to the evening meeting of the local government and Housing Senate Committee. But no reason to delay, so let's go ahead and call the roll, please. Senators Basley, President Ball. Here. Linstedt. Excused. Liston. Here. Rich. Here. Exum. Excused. Mr. Chair. Here. Thank you. So our first bill to hear today is Senate bill or House Bill 1308 with sponsor Senator Ball. We'll give him a moment to get set up and whenever you're ready. Senator Ball, why don't you dig right in and tell us your plans and about 1308. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Members of the committee. So last week you heard testimony, and then we indefinitely postponed House Bill 1411. And today I'm here on behalf of a similar bill, House Bill 1308, which Senator Mobley is also on, but you couldn't join us here today, so I've got my best substitute next to me. House Bill 1308 is very similar to 1411. So I just want to say a few words about it, but then I will be asking this committee to postpone it indefinitely, and we won't be hearing witness testimony on this today. But just to say a couple words about it,
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