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Proposed Residential Construction Changes Advance in the House March 28, 2022 The two bills contain less controversial provisions that were separated from the problematic zoning preemption bill. Two less controversial residential construction provisions from HF 3256, a larger zoning preemption bill, were heard as separate bills on March 23. The bills, HF 4141 and HF 4271, both authored by Rep. Steve Elkins (DFL-Bloomington), were passed by the House Local Government Division and will be heard by the House State Government Finance and Elections Committee on March 31. View the March 23 hearing SF 4255 (Sen. Rich Draheim, R-Madison Lake), the Senate companion to HF 4271, has been referred to the Senate Labor and Industry Policy Committee. HF 4141 does not have a Senate companion yet. Allowance for modular building statewide Current law prohibits municipalities from banning manufactured homes. HF 4141 would similarly prohibit municipalities from banning industrialized or modular buildings for residential use. Minnesota has modular construction manufacturers, where inspection of the modular construction is completed by state building officials. When they are moved onto a construction site, local building officials inspect the remaining issues covered by the State Building Code (i.e., water and sewer hookups). The League is unaware of any cities with zoning ordinances prohibiting this type of building. Proposed new valuation basis for residential construction HF 4271 would require the Department of Labor and Industry to establish construction valuation for Minnesota that is based on cost -per -square -foot, which is based on the recommendation from the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) that met in 2021. Representatives from cities and building officials served on this TAG, along with builders and developers. Read about the TAG recommendations in a previous article