BILL · 2025–26 SESSION
HB 1732: Home buying by entities
Preserving homeownership options by limiting excessive home buying by certain entities.
Summary
- Prohibits an investment entity, or a business entity that has an interest in more than 25 single-family residential properties, from purchasing, acquiring, or otherwise obtaining an interest in another single-family residential property, with certain exceptions.
- Creates a civil penalty that may be enforced by the Attorney General's Office under the Consumer Protection Act.
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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 30, 2025
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Brianna Thomas (D-34)
- Introduced
- January 30, 2025 in the House
- Last action
- January 12, 2026
- Companion bill
- SB 5496
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
AN ACT Relating to preserving homeownership options by limiting excessive home buying by certain entities;
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Brianna Thomas (D-34)
17 co-sponsors (17 Democrats, 0 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- First reading, referred to Housing.
HB 1732 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- HB 1732 (2023–24) K-12 inflation adjustments
- HB 1732 (2021–22) Long-term care/delay
- HB 1732 (2019–20) Bias-based criminal offenses
- HB 1732 (2017–18) Educator professional growth
- HB 1732 (2015–16) Health care employees
- HB 1732 (2013–14) Gangs/sentence enhancement
- HB 1732 (2011–12) Campaign finance disclosure
- HB 1732 (2009–10) Ignition interlock account