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CS/CS/SB 280: Local Ordinances

GENERAL BILL by Rules ; Community Affairs ; Hutson

Local Ordinances; Authorizing courts to assess and award reasonable attorney fees and costs and damages in certain civil actions filed against local governments; requiring a board of county commissioners to prepare or cause to be prepared a business impact estimate before the enactment of a proposed ordinance; requiring a county to suspend enforcement of an ordinance that is the subject of a certain legal action if certain conditions are met; authorizing a prevailing county to enforce the ordinance after a specified period, except under certain circumstances; requiring a governing body of a municipality to prepare or cause to be prepared a business impact estimate before the enactment of a proposed ordinance, etc.

Effective Date: 10/1/2022
Last Action: 3/14/2022 House - Died in Messages
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Community Affairs (CA)
  2. Rules (RC)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
9/21/2021 Senate • Filed
10/13/2021 Senate • Referred to Community Affairs; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 16
1/7/2022 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 01/12/22, 9:30 am, 37 Senate Building
1/11/2022 Senate • Introduced -SJ 16
1/12/2022 Senate • CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 2 -SJ 116
• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
1/13/2022 Senate • Original reference(s) removed: Judiciary
• Remaining references corrected to Rules -SJ 175
• Now in Rules
1/14/2022 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 01/20/22, 9:30 am, 412 Knott Building
1/18/2022 Senate • CS by Community Affairs read 1st time -SJ 172
1/20/2022 Senate • CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 14 NAYS 2 -SJ 219
1/21/2022 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
1/24/2022 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/27/22 -SJ 236
1/26/2022 Senate • CS/CS by Rules read 1st time -SJ 220
1/27/2022 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 231
• Amendment(s) adopted (349788) -SJ 235
• Read 3rd time -SJ 235
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 28 NAYS 8 -SJ 235
• Immediately certified -SJ 236
1/27/2022 House • In Messages
3/12/2022 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
3/14/2022 House • Died in Messages