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SB 712: Construction Regulations

GENERAL BILL by Grall

Construction Regulations; Prohibiting local governments from adopting or enforcing any ordinance, resolution, order, rule, or policy that prohibits, or is enforced to prohibit, property owners from installing synthetic turf on their land; requiring local governmental entities to approve or deny certain price quotes and provide notice to contractors within a specified timeframe; prohibiting the state or political subdivisions that contract for public works projects from penalizing or rewarding bidders for performing larger or smaller volumes of construction work, respectively, for the state or political subdivisions, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2025
 Last Action: 3/31/2025 Senate - CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Community Affairs (CA)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government (AEG)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/13/2025 Senate • Filed
    2/25/2025 Senate • Referred to Community Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Rules
    3/4/2025 Senate • Introduced
    3/26/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 03/31/25, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
    3/31/2025 Senate • CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0

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  • SB 712, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/13/2025 at 1:49 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Community Affairs (Pre-Meeting) 3/28/2025 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 683 (c2) Construction Regulations Griffitts, Jr. Similar Last Action: 4/1/2025 H CS Filed Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    270282 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Community Affairs
    (Grall)     		3/28/2025
    3:48 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/31/2025     		Web Page
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    Citations - Statutes (4)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    125.572 Page 2 (pdf)
    218.755 Page 2 (pdf)
    255.0992 Public works projects; prohibited governmental actions. Page 3 (pdf)
    553.79 Permits; applications; issuance; inspections. Page 3 (pdf)

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