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House Transportation, Housing & Local Government

Tuesday, April 14, 2026·1h 34m·▶ Watch / Listen

The House Transportation, Housing & Local Government Committee killed a Senate-passed noise-preemption bill on a bipartisan 7-6 vote after sponsors' last-minute amendments failed to win over opponents, while advancing measures on affordable homeownership, county salary reclassifications and building-code accessibility.

Key Actions

·Affordable Home Ownership ProgramPassed

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Notable Quotes

I'm generally a very strong proponent of local control, but there's really nothing more local than your own private property. And sound just doesn't respect property lines. It doesn't respect local jurisdictional lines. So I think this is a place where it is appropriate to have statewide standards.

Chris RichardsonRichardson, a self-described local-control advocate, explained why he backed a statewide noise standard — capturing the cross-cutting logic that split the committee.

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Votes

Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (10)Andrew Boesenecker, Jamie Jackson, Mandy Lindsay, Kenny Nguyen, Amy Paschal, Jacque Phillips, Larry Don Suckla, Elizabeth Velasco, Rebekah Stewart, Meg Froelich
No (3)Max Brooks, Chris Richardson, Ron Weinberg
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (13)Andrew Boesenecker, Max Brooks, Jamie Jackson, Mandy Lindsay, Kenny Nguyen, Amy Paschal, Jacque Phillips, Chris Richardson, Larry Don Suckla, Elizabeth Velasco, Ron Weinberg, Rebekah Stewart, Meg Froelich
Postponed indefinitely — bill killedAction
Yes (7)Jamie Jackson, Amy Paschal, Jacque Phillips, Chris Richardson, Larry Don Suckla, Elizabeth Velasco, Meg Froelich
No (6)Andrew Boesenecker, Max Brooks, Mandy Lindsay, Kenny Nguyen, Ron Weinberg, Rebekah Stewart
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (8)Andrew Boesenecker, Jamie Jackson, Kenny Nguyen, Amy Paschal, Jacque Phillips, Elizabeth Velasco, Rebekah Stewart, Meg Froelich
No (4)Max Brooks, Chris Richardson, Larry Don Suckla, Ron Weinberg
Excused (1)Mandy Lindsay
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TranscriptPreview
Administration of Housing and Local Government Committee will come to order. Mr. Graby, please call the roll. Representatives Basenecker Here. Brooks? Yes. Jackson Lindsey? Here. Wynn? Here. Pascal? Here. Phillips? Yes. Richardson? Here. Sukla Here. Alasko Weinberg? Here. Vice Chair Stewart? Here. Madam Chair Here. Thank you very much folks for being with us today. So promptly aside for myself, so I'm giving myself a five dollar fine and we have Senate Bill 98 for action only, then 92, 40 and 109 in that order. And so we'll begin with our action only on 98. I appreciate all the work that's gone in since we saw you last week and so would you like to update us? Rep. BROOKS Chair thank you. I appreciate the patience of the committee and as we as we did work through some some other amendment ideas, trying to trying to come to a point to where we could show that we're willing to be able to meet and try to just make sure we're pushing through good policy, right policy that's reflective of the work that we're trying to do. Unfortunately, I'm going to tell you, I don't know that necessarily came to any
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