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SB 840: Residential Property Riparian Rights

GENERAL BILL by Albritton

Residential Property Riparian Rights; Requiring land surveyors to give preference to using the prolongation-of-property-line method to establish a property owner’s riparian rights along a channel under certain circumstances; requiring courts to award reasonable attorney fees and costs to a prevailing party in a civil action under certain circumstances, etc.

Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
 Last Action: 3/14/2022 House - Died in Messages
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Environment and Natural Resources (EN)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    11/5/2021 Senate • Filed
    11/16/2021 Senate • Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 56
    1/3/2022 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 01/10/22, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
    1/10/2022 Senate • Favorable by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 4 NAYS 0 -SJ 95
    1/11/2022 Senate • Now in Judiciary
    • Introduced -SJ 56
    1/19/2022 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/24/22, 3:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
    1/24/2022 Senate • Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 218
    1/25/2022 Senate • Now in Rules
    1/31/2022 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/03/22, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
    2/3/2022 Senate • Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 -SJ 337
    • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
    2/7/2022 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/10/22 -SJ 364
    2/10/2022 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 358
    • Read 3rd time -SJ 358
    • Passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 358
    • Immediately certified -SJ 364
    2/10/2022 House • In Messages
    3/12/2022 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    3/14/2022 House • Died in Messages

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  • SB 840, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 11/5/2021 at 8:22 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Environment and Natural Resources (Pre-Meeting) 1/7/2022 (pdf)
    Environment and Natural Resources (Post-Meeting) 1/10/2022 (pdf)
    Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) 1/21/2022 (pdf)
    Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 1/24/2022 (pdf)
    Rules (Pre-Meeting) 2/1/2022 (pdf)
    Rules (Post-Meeting) 2/3/2022 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 841 (c1) Residential Property Riparian Rights Environment, Agriculture and Flooding Subcommittee Similar Last Action: 3/14/2022 H Died on Second Reading Calendar Track This Bill

    Floor Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Floor Action Format
    261532 - Amendment
    Between lines 63 and 64 insert:     		Wright 2/9/2022
    12:34 PM     		Senate: Withdrawn
    2/9/2022     		Web Page
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    Committee Votes (3)

    Date Committee Result
    1/10/2022 4:00 PM Environment and Natural Resources 4 Yeas - 0 Nays
    1/24/2022 3:00 PM Judiciary 9 Yeas - 0 Nays
    2/3/2022 9:00 AM Rules 15 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Floor Votes (1)

    Date Chamber Result
    2/10/2022 2:39 PM Senate 39 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    253.141 Riparian rights defined; certain submerged bottoms subject to private ownership. Page 1 (pdf)
    403.813 Permits issued at district centers; exceptions. Page 3 (pdf)
    403.9323 Legislative intent. Page 6 (pdf)

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