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CS/CS/SB 1400: Private Property Rights

GENERAL BILL by Judiciary ; Community Affairs ; Albritton

Private Property Rights; Deleting a provision that authorizes electric utilities to perform certain right-of-way tree maintenance only if a property owner has received local government approval; prohibiting certain local government ordinances or regulations from requiring a permit, application, notice, fee, or fine for certain activities regarding trees on residential property; establishing a property owner bill of rights; requiring each county property appraiser office to provide information regarding the property owner bill of rights on the appraiser’s website, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2019
Last Action: 4/26/2019 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1159 (Ch. 2019-155) -SJ 568
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Community Affairs (CA)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Rules (RC)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/26/2019 Senate • Filed
3/4/2019 Senate • Referred to Community Affairs; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 139
3/5/2019 Senate • Introduced -SJ 138
3/28/2019 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 04/02/19, 2:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
4/2/2019 Senate • CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 312
4/3/2019 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Judiciary
• On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 04/08/19, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
• CS by Community Affairs read 1st time -SJ 317
4/8/2019 Senate • CS/CS by Judiciary; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 343
4/10/2019 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Rules
• CS/CS by Judiciary read 1st time -SJ 345
4/18/2019 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/23/19, 2:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
4/23/2019 Senate • Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 -SJ 451
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/25/19 -SJ 496
4/25/2019 Senate • Retained on Special Order Calendar -SJ 495
4/26/2019 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 568
• Substituted CS/HB 1159 -SJ 568
• Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1159 (Ch. 2019-155) -SJ 568