Bills: HB1175, HB1376, HB1500, HB1796

Keywords: HB1175, small business, residential zoning, land use, zoning reform, neighborhood store, neighborhood cafe, convenience store, minimarket, corner store, mixed-use, local government, city zoning, town zoning, code city, parking regulations, hours of operation, alcohol service, food requirement, commercial use in residential areas

Summary: The House convened, the clerk called the roll, and a quorum was declared present. The chamber then proceeded with the Pledge of Allegiance and an opening prayer, followed by approval of the previous day’s minutes without objection. Under messages from the Senate, the clerk reported that the President had signed House Concurrent Resolutions 4406 and 4407 and Resolution 8407. The Speaker then signed Senate Concurrent Resolution 8407. The House also agreed to treat the bills, memorials, and resolutions on the day’s introduction sheet as first-reading items and refer them to the appropriate committees. No substantive debate or bill action occurred beyond these procedural steps. Representatives Ortiz-Self and Abbarno announced that the Democratic and Republican caucuses, respectively, would meet after adjournment. The House then adjourned until 10:30 a.m. Thursday, January 15.

Transcript Highlights:

• An act relating to allowing small business establishments in residential zones, adding a new section.

Bills: HB1175, HB1376, HB1500, HB1796

Keywords: HB1175, small business, residential zoning, land use, zoning reform, neighborhood store, neighborhood cafe, convenience store, minimarket, corner store, mixed-use, local government, city zoning, town zoning, code city, parking regulations, hours of operation, alcohol service, food requirement, commercial use in residential areas

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, led the Pledge of Allegiance, and heard a prayer from Rabbi Seth Goldstein. After caucus announcements and routine approval of introductions and committee referrals, the chamber moved to second and third reading of several bills. House Bill 1175, concerning small business establishments in residential zones, was amended to give smaller communities more local control and then passed 94-2. House Bill 1376, allowing voluntary prepayment of the state capital gains tax to preserve a federal tax deduction, passed unanimously 97-0. House Bill 1500, dealing with resale certificates for units in common interest communities, received a technical striking amendment to update the bill to current condo law and then passed 85-12. On third reading, Substitute House Bill 1302, which would let local governments waive utility connection charges for certain industrial symbiosis or green technology projects, passed 76-21 after supporters described it as an environmental and economic development tool and opponents warned it could shift costs and raise utility prices. House Bill 1796, allowing school districts to bond against capital levy collections to accelerate construction projects, passed 78-19 amid debate over whether the change respected voter intent and public trust. Substitute House Bill 1980 was returned to second reading for a striking amendment, which was adopted, and then passed 97-0. Supporters said it would create a pilot program to help employers, transit agencies, and workers better use transportation infrastructure and HOV/transit lanes in congested areas. The House also re-referred House Joint Memorial 4010 and House Bill 2402 to different committees, then adjourned until the following Friday morning.

Bills: HB1175, HB1376, HB1500, HB1796

Keywords: HB1175, small business, residential zoning, land use, zoning reform, neighborhood store, neighborhood cafe, convenience store, minimarket, corner store, mixed-use, local government, city zoning, town zoning, code city, parking regulations, hours of operation, alcohol service, food requirement, commercial use in residential areas

Summary: The House convened, the clerk called the roll, and a quorum was declared present. The chamber then observed the Pledge of Allegiance and heard an opening prayer from Pastor Gordy Hutchins of Evergreen Grace Church in Tacoma, who asked for clarity, humility, justice, compassion, and unity in the members’ work, ending with a lighthearted “Go Hawks.” The House approved the previous day’s minutes without objection and received a message from the Senate stating that the President had signed House Concurrent Resolutions 4406 and 4407 and Resolution 8407. The Speaker also signed Senate Concurrent Resolution 8407. The House agreed to treat the bills, memorials, and resolutions on the introduction sheet as first reading items and refer them to the appropriate committees. No substantive debate or votes on policy bills occurred. Members announced caucuses after adjournment, and the House adjourned until 10:30 a.m. Thursday, January 15.

Bills: HB24, HB950, HB 1228, HB24

Keywords: zoning, public notice, local government, residential development, protests, municipal services, annexation, disannexation, zoning regulations, full municipal services, municipal obligations, landowner rights, service provision, groundwater, conservation, water permits, sustainability, resource management, 1184, house

Bills: SB 3038, SB 3045, SB 3065, SB 3069, SB 3071, HB 2025, HB 2149, HB 3370, HB 4205, HB 4506, HB 5424, HB 5652, HB 24, HB 3687

Keywords: Montgomery County, management district, special district, bond issuance, assessments, taxation, public welfare, economic development, nonconforming uses, zoning regulations, land use, property rights, municipal authority, municipal utility district, eminent domain, bonds, taxes, public infrastructure, water supply, zoning

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• Opening a public hearing on HB 2480, concerning residential development in commercial and mixed-use zones
• Specifically, it allows residential construction in areas zoned for commercial.
• The first piece would be allowing residential and commercial zones, and the second piece would be the
• Additionally, residential and commercial zones directly under the CTAC flight path may also create incompatible
• Additionally, residential and commercial zones directly under the CTAC flight path may also create the

Bills: HB2459, HB2480, HB2530, HB2129, HB2223

Keywords: school siting, urban growth, education policy, zoning regulations, community planning, residential development, commercial zones, mixed-use zoning, urban planning, state regulations, public facilities district, regional aquatics, sports facilities, local government, infrastructure, agritourism, agriculture, tourism, economic development, local businesses

Summary: The committee held public hearings on several local government bills, with most of the discussion focused on HB 2480, which would allow residential development in commercial and mixed-use zones for larger GMA-planning cities and limit local governments’ ability to require ground-floor commercial or mixed-use conditions. The bill sponsor and supporters, including the Lieutenant Governor, Governor’s Office, Commerce, builders, business groups, Microsoft, housing advocates, and several city officials, said the bill would help address the housing shortage by unlocking underused commercial land and reducing costly zoning barriers. Opponents and some cities, including Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond, Des Moines, Bellingham, Lynnwood, Lacey, Pasco, and others, warned it could undermine walkable centers, reduce retail and tax revenue, harm small businesses, and interfere with local planning; several asked for narrower exemptions or amendments. A proposed substitute was described that would expand the bill to mixed-use zones, add exemptions, and require some height flexibility where mixed-use or ground-floor commercial requirements remain. The committee also heard HB 2223, which would create a conflict-of-interest exception allowing irrigation district directors to have a spouse employed under a contract with the district if disclosure and recusal requirements are met, similar to an existing exception for public hospital district commissioners. The sponsor and the Washington State Water Resources Association said the change would help irrigation districts recruit volunteer board members in rural areas. No vote was taken. HB 2530 would extend the deadline for forming a public facilities district for regional aquatics and sports facilities from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 2028. Supporters from Olympia and Tumwater said the extension would give local governments more time to form a district and pursue a long-sought aquatic center; one testifier said removing the deadline would not slow the effort. The committee also heard HB 2459, which would expand authority to site schools outside urban growth areas and extend utilities to them beyond the current Pierce County-specific allowance. Supporters, including the sponsor, Tahoma School District, and school advocates, said it would let districts use land they already own to address overcrowding; opponents, including Futurewise, argued it would weaken Growth Management Act planning and should remain a local or regional issue. Finally, HB 2129 on agritourism drew support from farm interests and some county representatives for helping farms diversify income and preserve farmland, while counties and Futurewise asked for more work on definitions and implementation and raised concerns about unintended regulatory effects. The hearings were suspended and reopened multiple times to accommodate testimony, but no final committee action or votes were taken in the transcript.

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• the fee schedule and not based on project valuation; set subjective compatibility standards for residential
• projects within the same zoning and future land use category.

Bills: S0014, S0016, S0024, S0208, S0762

Keywords: negligence, settlement, police conduct, municipal liability, personal injury, compensation, injuries, Miami-Dade County, land use, development regulations, local government, application fees, affordable housing, zoning, residential construction, criminal defense, legal representation, death penalty, indigent defense, regional counsel

Summary: The Senate Judiciary Committee heard several bills, beginning with SB 762, which was amended by a strike-all to remove a one-year sunset and delete a reporting requirement to the Legislature. The bill would allow offices of criminal conflict and civil regional counsel to take on certain capital cases from outside their region on an optional basis, with supporters saying it could save money and use existing in-house death penalty expertise. After testimony from Senator Martin and the Second Region’s regional counsel, the committee reported CS/SB 762 favorably. The committee also considered three local claims bills. SB 16, relating to relief for Heriberto A. Sanchez Mayan by the City of St. Petersburg, described severe injuries allegedly caused during an arrest and transport; the claimant’s counsel supported the bill, while President Gaetz spoke against the claims-bill process generally and voted no. The bill passed 9-1 and was reported favorably. SB 14, for Jose Correa against Miami-Dade County, involved injuries from a bus-pedestrian collision and was supported by the claimant and county; it passed 9-1 and was reported favorably. SB 24, for Lourdes and Edward Latour against Miami-Dade County, was an uncontested $500,000 settlement bill and passed unanimously. Finally, the committee took up SB 208 on land use and development regulations. A late-filed strike-all amendment, described as a negotiated compromise, would make development application fees transparent and cost-based, tie them to direct and reasonable indirect review costs, and set subjective compatibility standards for residential projects, with carve-outs for PUDs, master planned communities, and historic districts. Multiple local government, planning, environmental, and business groups appeared in support. The amendment was adopted, and the committee then reported CS/SB 208 favorably on a 10-0 vote.

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• The Memorial Villages wanted zoning, more specifically, residential zoning for single-family residences
• These churches are in residential zones. We don't have the capacity to take what could be.
• First, allowing change of zoning without a change of zoning.
• Zoning changes.
• as residential, suburban residential or. suburban restricted.

Bills: HB24, HB2015, HB2149, HB2559, HB2701, HB2797, HB3172, HB24

Keywords: zoning, public notice, local government, residential development, protests, water conservation, municipal utility districts, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, environmental regulation, groundwater management, nonconforming uses, zoning regulations, land use, property rights, municipal authority, municipal moratorium, development moratorium, property development, subdivision, site plan

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• changed the zoning.
• Historically, zoning used to... There was a thing called cumulative zoning, right?
• When a lot of jurisdictions changed it, if you had residential zoning, you could only do residential.
• If you had industrial zoning, you could do residential, commercial, and industrial.
• We still have areas that may have residential uses but have industrial zoning, or we have areas where

Bills: HB24, HB2015, HB2149, HB2559, HB2701, HB2797, HB3172, HB24

Keywords: zoning, public notice, local government, residential development, protests, water conservation, municipal utility districts, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, environmental regulation, groundwater management, nonconforming uses, zoning regulations, land use, property rights, municipal authority, municipal moratorium, development moratorium, property development, subdivision, site plan

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• They can do the normal ones that are offered for that same zone businesses.
• But we can't look at zoning and child care in a vacuum.
• We urge the passage of SB 96 because unnecessary local zoning barriers are unintentionally discouraging
• question on page six, Madam Chair, where it talks about the number of stacking spaces required by the zoning
• I think this committee and the legislature should be very concerned for the residential customers and

Bills: HB303, SB96, HM6

Keywords: public utility, certificate of public convenience and necessity, certificate of need, Public Regulation Commission, PRC, utility regulation, ratemaking, energy storage, battery storage, grid reliability, renewable energy, transmission, distribution, generation plant, utility expansion, service territory, mutual domestic water consumer association, economic development department, clean energy, fossil fuel reduction

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• on which residential dwellings are built.
• or access zone.
• It is a very difficult zoning hearing.
• The rights for cities come from the state zoning enabling statute.
• Clear zones and accident potential zones, which are at Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi, and the two

Bills: HB602, HB1322, HB1930, HB2225, HB2304, HB2494, HB3275, HB3810, HB3919

Keywords: affordable housing, land use, zoning, urban planning, community development, housing crisis, mixed-use development, sustainability, municipal utility district, board of directors, qualifications, land ownership, Texas, taxation, residency, municipal approval, subdivision plans, local governance, plats, local government

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• the advisory committee from 40 to 50 percent and it removes the authority allowing the Planning and Zoning
• Next, not allowing planning and zoning commission to be an advisory committee for impact fees could be
• Bill simplifies and accelerates the permitting process for residential backup power systems.
• I urge this committee to consider eliminating parking requirements for non-residential buildings.
• The bill should also say non-residential rather than commercial.

Bills: HB602, HB1322, HB1930, HB2225, HB2304, HB2494, HB3275, HB3810, HB3919

Keywords: affordable housing, land use, zoning, urban planning, community development, housing crisis, mixed-use development, sustainability, municipal utility district, board of directors, qualifications, land ownership, Texas, taxation, residency, municipal approval, subdivision plans, local governance, plats, local government

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• This is a bill dealing with appeals from the Board of Zoning Adjustments.
• You cannot raise any issue in circuit court that wasn't raised before the zoning board, so we agreed
• It goes into the discussion and the reasons for a zoning board... ...and the reasons for a zoning board
• Peaceful protests will always be near residential areas.
• ... picketing or protesting in a residential area.

Bills: SB270, SB275, HB264, HB281, SB236, SB247, SB249, SB253, SB259

Keywords: county tax, education funding, capital projects, local government, sales tax, food trucks, mobile vendors, business license, health inspection, statewide regulation, zoning ordinances, vessel registration, boating fees, state funds, regulatory changes, water safety, municipal zoning, zoning board, appeals process, circuit court

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• Thank you. zoning laws which partially explains the zoning laws which partially explains the inflated
• Zoning and land use planning are at the core of local government under the Minnesota home rule law.
• zoning.
• R1A zoning.
• </c> not through unpredictable zoning not through unpredictable zoning preeemption. preeemption. preeemption

Bills: HF4319, HF3295, HF3589, HF3587, HF3588, HF4295, HF3571, HF3895

Keywords: public utilities commission, Lake City, port authority, Red Wing, terms of appointment, local government, elections, open meeting law, transparency, public engagement, social media, government accountability, voter access, polling place, ballot, unexpected needs, election judge, public information, political parties, HF4295

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• Local governments shall not prohibit residential apartments in commercial zones.
• One of the original purposes of zoning was to keep incompatible uses separate from residential areas.
• apartments in commercial zones, but changing those zones to residential MX zones, and not allowing these
• residential zones, but in the RT zone and the MX zones lots, and not allowing additional dwelling units
• It's just allowing casitas, ADUs, duplexes, and townhouses in the residential zones.

Bills: SB211, SB131, SB183, SB222, SB246, SB254

Keywords: appropriation, local government, Las Vegas, Rodriguez Park, public facilities, zoning reform, building regulations, residential apartments, commercial use, multigenerational housing, local government authority, healthcare, urgent care, emergency services, feasibility study, medical facilities, physician training, medical residency, New Mexico, massage therapy

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• Property still zoned the same, but the city has quietly revised what that zoning allows, and now you
• Existing zoning decisions.
• Zoning regulations aren't just planning concepts.
• That is, uses that are allowed within their zoning district.
• Cities sometimes update their zoning ordinances and quietly remove certain uses from their zoning districts

Bills: HB407, HB871, HB882, HB2011, HB3572, HB3578, HB4038, HB4866, HB4897, HB4978, HB5380, HB5555, HB5668, HB5670, HB5674, HB5676, HB5679, HB5688, SB673

Keywords: solar energy, residential construction, building code, municipal regulations, energy compliance, building codes, interconnection, education, funding, teacher support, student resources, school infrastructure, municipal requirements, environmental sustainability, municipalities, construction, agricultural operation, International Code Council, county regulations, construction fees

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• Senate Bill 673 prohibits political subdivisions from preventing residential property owners from building
• Historical Districts, and Deed Restrictions may still prohibit ADUs, as well as height, setback, and zoning
• Requirements that apply to primary dwellings will also apply to ADUs on the same residential lot.
• does not apply to political subdivisions with a population of less than 150,000. ...have adopted zoning
• Our zoning regulations are primary reasons residents chose to live here in our village.

Bills: HB407, HB871, HB882, HB2011, HB3572, HB3578, HB4038, HB4866, HB4897, HB4978, HB5380, HB5555, HB5668, HB5670, HB5674, HB5676, HB5679, HB5688, SB673

Keywords: solar energy, residential construction, building code, municipal regulations, energy compliance, building codes, interconnection, education, funding, teacher support, student resources, school infrastructure, municipal requirements, environmental sustainability, municipalities, construction, agricultural operation, International Code Council, county regulations, construction fees

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• The amendment, um, clarifies that we're talking about both 144G and 245A and D residential facilities
• assisted livings and community residential service settings, also known as group homes.
• assisted livings and community residential service settings, also known as group homes.
• zoning codes since disabilities through zoning codes since the<01:41:53.280><c> late</c><01:41:53.840
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Bills: HF1937, HF2407, HF1678, HF1477, HF2040, HF1840, HF257

Keywords: PACE, elderly, Medicaid, health services, long-term care, community-based services, support person, healthcare, patient rights, assisted living, community support, caregiver respite, financial eligibility, Minnesota Statutes, HF1477, residential program licensing, community residential setting, small group home, licensed capacity six or fewer, rental licensing

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• the sale of construction materials and labor used in the development of affordable multifamily residential
• the sale of construction materials and labor used in the development of affordable multifamily residential
• So tightening up some of the language in SB 92 to include for a single project that is residential housing
• That's 40% for zero to our customers, about $50 more per month for residential customers or $600 per
• I am an architect who has worked on commercial and residential construction projects across New Mexico

Bills: SB12, SB36, SB92, SB120, SB133, SB151, SB18, SB96

Keywords: tax credit, physician, healthcare, income tax, rural health, quantum technology, infrastructure, economic development, New Mexico, corporate tax, research and development, innovation, affordable housing, gross receipts tax, tax deduction, construction materials, multifamily housing, low income, journalism, local news

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• In commercial zones, mixed-use zones, and high-density residential zones.
• Not allowing municipalities to levy new taxes And fees or residential zoning regulation make opening
• The permitted by right in the residential zoning would mean that they Wouldn't be allowed to Thank you
• Any place that is zoned appropriate for residential would still be subject to those and so we have a
• The homes are limited to the residential zones.

Bills: SB20, SB53, SB86, SB96, SB129

Keywords: prior authorization, pharmacy benefits manager, PBM, health insurer, prescription drugs, step therapy, formulary, auto-adjudication, electronic portal, appeals, medical necessity, serious mental illness, mental health, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression, substance use disorder, addiction treatment, cancer, autoimmune disorder