BILL · 2025–26 SESSION

HB 1429: Extended foster care/housing

Creating a housing assistance program for youth enrolled in extended foster care.

Summary

Creates an extended foster care housing program to provide rental assistance and associated housing fees for youth who are receiving extended foster care and experiencing homelessness or at imminent risk of experiencing homelessness.
Provides rental assistance for up to 36 months based on the fair market rent in an eligible youth's location.
Requires the Department of Children, Youth, and Families to conduct a transition planning process with youth in extended foster care at least three months before their twenty-first birthday.

From the House Bill Analysis 2025 (HB 1429), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to creating a housing assistance program for youth enrolled in extended foster care;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

HB 1429 (2023–24) Educational employee strikes · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1429 (2021–22) Competitive telecomm. · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1429 (2019–20) Dairy milk assessment fee · Enacted · Chapter 115, Laws of 2019
HB 1429 (2017–18) Aquatic invasive species · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1429 (2015–16) Liquor industry · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1429 (2013–14) Inmate postsecondary ed · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HB 1429 (2011–12) Veterans programs & benefits · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1429 (2009–10) Care provider respite care · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate