RELATING TO HOUSING.
Summary
Requires the Department of Education to give reasonable consideration to making all or portions of the facilities of a public school available to housing development for certain employees of the Department when closing the public school. Requires the Department of Education to identify unused public school facilities that may be appropriate for employee housing and inventory suitable grounds available upon public school closure for potential development of employee housing.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 23, 2026
Last action Jan 28, 2026
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Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Jan 28, 2026
Committee
Referred to EDU, WAM.
upper
Jan 23, 2026
Introduced
Introduced.
upper
2 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Stanley Chang
DDemocratic
P
Troy Hashimoto
DDemocratic
Co
Brandon Elefante
DDemocratic
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