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CS/CS/HB 537: Home-based Businesses

GENERAL BILL by Commerce Committee ; Business and Professions Subcommittee ; Donalds ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Fitzenhagen ; Sabatini

Home-based Businesses; Specifies conditions under which business is considered home-based business; authorizes home-based business to operate in residential zone; prohibits local government from certain actions relating to licensure & regulation of home-based businesses; authorizes certain business owners to challenge local government actions; authorizes prevailing party to recover specified attorney fees & costs.

Effective Date: 7/1/2020
Last Action: 3/14/2020 House - Died on Calendar
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
11/5/2019 House • Filed
11/15/2019 House • Referred to Business and Professions Subcommittee; Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Commerce Committee -HJ 44
1/14/2020 House • Introduced -HJ 44
1/31/2020 House • PCS on Committee agenda-- Business and Professions Subcommittee, 02/04/20, 12:00 pm, Webster Hall
2/4/2020 House • CS by Business and Professions Subcommittee; YEAS 7 NAYS 3 -HJ 507
2/5/2020 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
• CS by Business and Professions Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 497
2/6/2020 House • Original reference(s) removed: Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
• CS referred to State Affairs Committee; Commerce Committee -HJ 524
• Now in State Affairs Committee -HJ 524
2/18/2020 House • On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 02/20/20, 8:00 am, Morris Hall
2/20/2020 House • Favorable by State Affairs Committee; YEAS 13 NAYS 7 -HJ 628
• Now in Commerce Committee -HJ 628
2/25/2020 House • On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 02/27/20, 8:00 am, Webster Hall
2/27/2020 House • CS/CS by- Commerce Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 7 -HJ 681
2/28/2020 House • Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
• CS/CS by Commerce Committee read 1st time -HJ 680
3/2/2020 House • Placed on Calendar -HJ 693
3/14/2020 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died on Calendar