CS/HB 1159: Private Property Rights
GENERAL BILL by State Affairs Committee ; La Rosa ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Sabatini
Private Property Rights; Prohibits local governments from requiring notices, applications, approvals, permits, fees, or mitigation for pruning, trimming, or removal of trees on residential property if property owner obtains specified documentation; prohibits local governments from requiring property owners to replant such trees; provides exception for mangrove protection actions; deletes provision that authorizes electric utilities to perform certain right-of-way tree maintenance only if property owner has received local government approval; creates Property Owner Bill of Rights; requires county property appraisers to provide specified information on their websites.
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/28/2019 | House |
• Filed |
| 3/4/2019 | House |
• Referred to Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Commerce Committee; State Affairs Committee -HJ 119 |
| 3/5/2019 | House |
• Introduced -HJ 119 |
| 3/15/2019 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee, 03/19/19, 8:00 am, 12 HOB |
| 3/19/2019 | House |
• Favorable by Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 3 -HJ 447 • Now in Commerce Committee -HJ 447 |
| 4/2/2019 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 04/04/19, 8:00 am, Webster Hall |
| 4/4/2019 | House |
• Favorable by Commerce Committee; YEAS 19 NAYS 4 -HJ 591 • Now in State Affairs Committee -HJ 591 |
| 4/16/2019 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 04/18/19, 8:00 am, Morris Hall |
| 4/18/2019 | House |
• CS by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 19 NAYS 4 -HJ 758 • Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c) • CS by State Affairs Committee read 1st time -HJ 756 |
| 4/20/2019 | House |
• Placed on Calendar -HJ 765 |
| 4/22/2019 | House |
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/25/19 |
| 4/25/2019 | House |
• Read 2nd time -HJ 878 • Read 3rd time -HJ 878 • CS passed; YEAS 77 NAYS 36 -HJ 878 |
| 4/25/2019 | Senate |
• In Messages • Referred to Community Affairs; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 511 • Received -SJ 511 |
| 4/26/2019 | Senate |
• Withdrawn from Community Affairs; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 568 • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading • Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1400 -SJ 568 • Read 2nd time -SJ 568 • Read 3rd time -SJ 568, 578 • CS passed; YEAS 22 NAYS 16 -SJ 578 |
| 4/26/2019 | House |
• Ordered enrolled -HJ 1011 |
| 6/25/2019 |
• Signed by Officers and presented to Governor |
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| 6/26/2019 |
• Approved by Governor |
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| 6/27/2019 |
• Chapter No. 2019-155 |
