Include housing affordability analysis on all bills that impact us.
Property Transfers
Preserve ability for private property transfers between the parties
Transfer taxes/fees
Construction Litigation Reform
Monitor legislation that would further diminish builders’ ability to defend construction defects cases or otherwise change the current litigation environment for the worse, including opposing any attempts to overturn or weaken the Vallagio decision
Monitor arbitration reform bills, oppose anything that would eliminate gains from HB17-1279 or the Vallagio decision
Condo Conversions
Safe Harbor for multifamily for-sale builder/developer who follow and document best-practices in construction
Support efforts to develop public properties and gain immunity from litigation
Review possible proposals for right-to-repair
Changes to Significant Public Impact language in CPA
Disabled Housing
Disability Rights Task Force
ADA requirements and changes
Employment Law Issues
Employee discrimination litigation
Employee misclassification
Upstream liability for independent contractor claims
Labor Peace Act
Arbitration as it relates to employment matters
Wage theft
Green Building and Energy Efficiency
New homes solar-ready
New home EV charging mandates
Mandated limit to provide only electric service to new residential construction
Monitor attempts to mandate net-zero energy construction
Energy Benchmarking
Attempts to prohibit low-cost energy sources such as natural gas
Electrification benchmarks
2040 Legislation from CEO
Impact Fees
Consider measures that would provide adequate notice on impact fee proposals and updates.
Fight efforts to increase the use of and amounts of impact fees that are tied to new residential development.
Development Infrastructure
Changes to special districts/metro districts
Retainage
Oppose efforts to legislate private contract provisions
Water Resources
Monitor legislative efforts that would impact water rights and the ability to provide water resources for new housing
Monitor legislation and other efforts that increase or regulate the processes and procedures in computing and managing water tap charges.
Fight any efforts to leverage water supply or environmental concerns to unreasonably restrict new housing proposals.
Monitor creation / authorization of a Dredge & Fill Permitting Program
WUI/Wildfire
WUI Building Codes
Workforce Development
Measures to Expand and Train Construction Workforce
CICC Funding
Offensive Priorities:
Affordable/Workforce Housing
Streamline processes and costs for permitting and local approvals
State-owned property development
Construction Litigation Reform
Delegable duties
Right to Remedy
CCIOA Changes
Concerns/Monitor:
Building Codes – Oppose efforts to expand code adoption beyond electric, plumbing and energy codes at the state level.
Mechanics Lien Laws
Changes in Storm Water Management
Homeowners Association/CCIOA Law
Floodplains/Wetlands Regulations
Nutrients Management Control Regulation
Public Utilities – Line extension policy changes
Movement to amend or restrict SFD zoning or attempts to broaden inclusionary zoning policies.
