Senate Local Government & Housing

Housing Committee will come to order. Mr. Alamzaro, please call the rope. Senators Basley. Present. Ball. Excused. Winstadt. Present. Rich. Here. Zamora Wilson. Present. Snyder. Here. Mr. Chair, good afternoon. We just have one bill that we're going to hear, and before I do that, we want to welcome Senator Zamora Wilson. That looks much better than Senator Liston. Thank you for joining us. Okay, Senator Danielson and Senator Kip, tell us about 10:45. Who would like to start? Senator Kip. Thank you. So, federal guidance from the HGJD and the DOJ has long provided essential clarity for housing providers, tenants, advocates, administrative agencies, and courts interpreting the Fair Housing act, as amended, fhaa. And these guidance documents offer practical, accessible explanations that help both tenants and housing providers resolve accommodation requests without escalating to administrative or court proceedings, saving significant time and resources when disputes do reach an agency. These interpretations have supported effective mediation and informed determinations on probable cause. In September of 2025, HUD withdrew its 2013 notice on assistance Animals, a foundational document that had guided the EV evaluation of assistance animal accommodation requests for more than a decade. This withdrawal would create significant uncertainty and…