Policy Tracker Changelog

Brief dated notes of changes to the policy tracker and data.

2026-04-15 (v20/Final update)

Kansas signed, New Mexico and Virginia bills failed

Bills signed into law

Kansas SB 418: Signed by the governor (April 7, 2026). Enrolled version narrows scope: minimum lot size of 3,000 sq.ft. for homes under 2,500 sq.ft. living area (was 3,000 sq.ft.)
Virginia SB 531: Signed by the governor (ADU legalization)

Number changes

Kansas SB 418: 6,500 → 4,900 homes, alignment Complete → Substantial, Options #1-3 → Options #1-2 (enrolled version removes Option #3 provisions, narrows living area threshold from 3,000 to 2,500 sq.ft.)

Status changes

Colorado HB26-1114: Passed the House, under consideration in the Senate
New Mexico SB 131: Failed to advance (3,000 homes)
New Mexico HB 138: Failed to advance (2,600 homes)
New Mexico HB 17: Failed to advance (430 homes)
Virginia HB 816: Failed in the Virginia Senate (6,975 homes)
Virginia SB 454: Failed in the Virginia House (3,220 homes)

Data fixes

Removed duplicate Arizona SB 1450 row

2026-04-06

Bills signed into law

Idaho SB 1352: Signed by the governor (minimum lot size reform)
Idaho SB 1354: Signed by the governor (ADU framework)
Idaho HB 800: Signed by the governor (manufactured housing)
Washington SB 6026 / HB 2480: Signed by the Governor (residential in commercial zones, 37,300 homes)
Washington HB 1345: Signed by the Governor (voluntary ADUs outside UGAs, 180 homes)
Washington HB 2418: Signed by the Governor (permit review streamlining, KISS)
Washington HB 2266 / S6069: Signed by the Governor (transitional/supportive housing)
Washington SB 6237: Signed by the Governor (flood disclosure)
Washington SB 6027: Signed by the Governor (affordable housing funding)
Washington HB 1974: Signed by the Governor (land banking authorities)

Bills passed, awaiting governor

Idaho HB 706: Passed both chambers, awaiting governor’s signature (single stairway)

Status changes

Idaho SB 1353: Turned down in the House Business Committee (removed from quantified table, 350 homes retained in total per source document)

New bills added (7)

Washington: HB 1345 (180 homes, Option #2, Weak), HB 2418 (KISS), SB 6237 (No Alignment), SB 6027 (No Alignment), HB 1974 (No Alignment)
Arizona: SB 1450 (No Alignment)
Massachusetts: H.1572 (twin of S.2836, 10,900 homes)

Twin bill updates

Massachusetts S.2836 / H.1572: Now paired as twins

2026-04-03 (v19 update)

Updated from v19 document (April 3, 2026)

Status updates

Idaho SB 1352: Passed House and Senate, awaiting governor’s signature
Idaho SB 1353: Engrossed, passed Idaho Senate (now only applies to cities with populations above 10,000)
Washington added to Kudos list (37,300 homes/year, 100% of Playbook Option #3)
Washington and Idaho now listed as “passed” states in scorecard

2026-04-02 (v18 update)

Number changes

Washington SB 6026 / HB 2480: 36,900 → 37,300 homes, alignment Substantial → Complete
Idaho SB 1353: 500 → 350 homes (bill scope narrowed to cities >10,000 pop)

Status changes

Minnesota HF 3895: now dead (failed to advance in committee 4/2)

Alignment changes

Arizona SB 1619: demoted to Narrow Applicability (“Too Much Local Discretion”), removed from quantified table
Arizona Freedom Zones: ranking corrected to Narrow Applicability (partial alignment table)
New Jersey S1810: playbook alignment Option #3 → Option #2

New bills added (12)

Arizona: Exactions (No Alignment)
Colorado: HB26-1119 (No Alignment), Publicly Funded Inclusionary Zoning (No Alignment)
Massachusetts: S.969/H.1482 (No Alignment), S.964/H.1542 (No Alignment)
Rhode Island: H 8142 (No Alignment), S 2268 (No Alignment)
Virginia: SB 367, SB 388 (No Alignment)
West Virginia: SB 659 (KISS)

Stata script fix

one_off_add_playbook_totals.do now preserves is_dead column

2026-04-02

Dead bills now excluded from totals

Dead/failed bills are now filtered out of projection totals but remain visible in the tracker with status notes. This removes approximately 103,000 homes/year from the total:

Florida: SB 948/HB 1143 (80,100), SB 1342 (13,500), SB 048/HB 313 (3,580)
Maryland: HB 239/SB 006 (5,800)

Added is_dead column to data for tracking bill status. Total now reflects only pending and passed legislation.

UX improvements: - Added state search in leaderboard - Fixed tooltip Unicode characters - Gold border (passed legislation) now clearly supersedes green (top 5 leaders) - States with no bills now display hatch pattern on map - Added KISS tooltip explanation

2026-03-31

New States Added (7)

Arizona: SB 1619 (220 homes), Freedom Zones pending, HB 2588/SB 1431 (KISS)
California: 10 bills (not yet quantified)
Maine: LD 2173 (1,200 homes Complete), LD 1926 (Narrow), 4 No Alignment
New Jersey: S1786 (130 homes Weak), Stranded Assets/S1810 (Narrow), S3718 (KISS), 2 No Alignment
New York: S.3545 (KISS), 7 No Alignment
Pennsylvania: HB 2815 (5,680 homes), HB 2186 (390 homes), 4 KISS memos, 3 No Alignment
Vermont: ROOT Act (KISS), 2 No Alignment

Dead Bills (still tracked but noted)

Florida SB 948 / HB 1143: Died 3/27 (80,100 homes)
Florida SB 1342: Died 3/30 (13,500 homes)
Florida SB 048 / HB 313: Died 3/30 (3,580 homes)
Maryland HB 239 / SB 006: Dead 3/30 (5,800 homes)

Passed Bills

Florida SB 686: Passed both chambers, awaiting Governor
Washington SB 6026 / HB 2480: Passed legislature, awaiting Governor (36,900 homes)

Idaho - Complete Restructure

Removed SB 1279 (7,040 homes)
Added SB 1352 (4,900 homes, Option #1, Complete)
Added HB 802 (3,000 homes, Option #3, Complete)
Added Middle Housing bill pending (780 homes, Option #2, Moderate)
Added SB 1353 (500 homes, Options #1-2, Weak)
Added SB 1354 (260 homes, Option #2, Weak)
Added HB 706, HB 800, HB 801 (No Alignment)

Indiana - Demoted

HB 1001 changed from Complete to KISS (binding zoning provisions stripped)
Cleared projection numbers

Michigan - Restructured

Removed “Housing Readiness Package” combined entry
Added individual bills:
- HB 5530 / HB 5529 (twins, 9,000 homes each, Substantial)
- HB 5585 (1,100 homes, Moderate)
- HB 5584 (790 homes, Moderate)
- HB 5583, HB 5582, HB 5581 (KISS)
- HB 5532, HB 5531 (No Alignment)

Illinois - Added

SB 4060 (16,800 homes, Options #1-2, Substantial)
HB 5083 (No Alignment)

Colorado - Added

HB26-1308 (2,550 homes, Option #2, Moderate)

Other Updates

Minnesota: Bill now has number HF 3895 (was “Bill not yet introduced”)
Maryland: Added HB 1175 (KISS)
Hawaii: Added 6 new bills (HB 1919/SB 2981, HB 1701/SB 2356, SB 2607, HB 1725, HB 1726)
Washington: Added HB 2304 (KISS), HB 2266/S6069, SB 5156 (No Alignment)
Maryland HB 239/SB 006: Updated projection from 5,450 to 5,800 homes

2026-03-04

Added missing bills; Indiana HB 1001 demoted to KISS

New bills added:

Maryland HB 1538: Option #2, 560 homes/year, Weak alignment - ADUs by right
Maryland HB 778: Options #1-2, 3,000 homes/year, Moderate alignment - Missing middle housing reform
Maryland SB 829 / HB 1137 (twins): Option #3, 7,100 homes/year, Substantial alignment - Residential in commercial for counties with pop ≥150,000
Washington SB 6026 / HB 2480 (twins): Option #3, 36,900 homes/year, Substantial alignment - Residential in commercial zones under Growth Management Act

Data corrections:

Minnesota: Corrected 10,800 → 10,400 homes; 52% → 50% increase; 42% → 41% playbook alignment

Other changes:

Indiana HB 1001: Demoted from Options #1-3 (24,600 homes, Complete) to KISS alignment - binding zoning provisions were stripped during the legislative process; bill retains permitting and building code reforms only
Total projected homes now ~222,000 per year (was ~186,000 before adding missing bills)
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