E2SSB 6027: Modifying certain funding and exemptions related to providing and maintaining affordable housing and related services.
Signed into law: Chapter 230, Laws of 2026
- Sponsor
- Alvarado
- Introduced
- January 12, 2026
- Status
- C 230 L 26
- Last action
- Effective date 6/11/2026. (March 27, 2026)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Expands the allowable uses for certain local sales and use taxes collected for housing and related services and for affordable and supportive housing. Makes changes to the requirements and eligible uses of funding in the Affordable Housing for All account. Updates the definition of emergency housing for the purpose of property tax exemptions for nonprofit organizations providing emergency or transitional housing for low-income persons or victims of domestic violence who are homeless.
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Floor votes
- House: Final Passage as Amended by the House · March 5, 202661 yea · 34 nay · 3 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 13, 202630 yea · 18 nay · 1 not voting
- Senate: Final Passage as Amended by the House · March 10, 202630 yea · 19 nay
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