There are bills in the legislature that will make life more expensive for us, by increasing the price of gas, groceries and housing. Those bills include:
- HB 1589 would ban natural gas in new residential and commercial buildings, increasing the costs of housing, energy and goods in our state. Passed the House on a 52-45 vote.
- HB 2301 would increase garbage bill costs by adding new collection service requirements for residents and businesses related to food and yard waste.
- HB 2401 would increase the costs of refrigerants that are important to food producers and grocers by requiring producers of bulk refrigerants to fund a producer responsibility organization to collect and recycle refrigerant gases. Passed the House 57-40.
- HB 1185 would increase the costs for lightbulbs by expanding lightbulb stewardship responsibility for lighting manufacturers to include all lights, not just mercury-containing lights. Passed the House 52-45.
- HB 1433 would increase the cost of housing by authorizing counties and cities to require, before listing a house for sale, that a home energy score report be obtained. Passed the House 55-42.
- HB 2114 is rent control. It would increase the cost of housing by placing arbitrary limits on rent increases. It would reduce supply of rentable hosing and ultimately encourage landlords to raise rent by the maximum maximum allowed every year. Passed the House 54-43.
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