CS/CS/SB 280 (2022) -  Local Ordinances

General Bill by Rules and Community Affairs and 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: 10/01/2022
Last Event: Died in Messages on Monday, March 14, 2022 1:03 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Community Affairs
    • On agenda for: 01/12/22 9:30 AM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 6   Nays 2
  • Rules
    • On agenda for: 01/20/22 9:30 AM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 14   Nays 2

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: CS/HB 403 Subject: Local Ordinances Relationship: Identical

Bill Text

  • Engrossed 1
  • Committee Substitute 2
    • A 386682 , Farmer Date Filed: 01/26/22, Line#: 67 Senate: Withdrawn 1/27/2022 3:53:27 PM
    • A 587410 , Farmer Date Filed: 01/26/22, Line#: 94 Senate: Withdrawn 1/27/2022 3:53:44 PM
    • A 349788 , Hutson Date Filed: 01/25/22, Line#: 175 Senate: Adopted 1/27/2022 3:56:39 PM
    • SA 623026 , Farmer Date Filed: 01/26/22, Line#: 94 Senate: Failed 1/27/2022 3:55:44 PM
    • SA 351108 , Torres Date Filed: 01/26/22, Line#: 94 Senate: Withdrawn 1/27/2022 3:55:54 PM
  • Committee Substitute 1
    • D 235072 , Rules, Hutson Date Filed: 01/18/22, Line#: 0 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 01/20/2022 11:49 AM
    • AA 943740 , Rules, Hutson Date Filed: 01/19/22, Line#: 115 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 01/20/2022 11:49 AM
  • Original Filed Version
    • D 486704 , Community Affairs, Hutson Date Filed: 01/07/22, Line#: 0 Senate(c): Withdrawn 01/12/2022 01:40 PM
    • D 616410 , Community Affairs, Hutson Date Filed: 01/10/22, Line#: 0 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 01/12/2022 01:40 PM

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Rules 1/20/2022 5:58:23 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Rules 1/19/2022 8:32:39 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Community Affairs 1/12/2022 1:40:51 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Community Affairs 1/11/2022 9:23:22 AM

Vote History

Chamber Date Yeas Nays Action Action 2 Vote Detail Barcode
Chamber: Senate Date: 01/27/2022 04:09 PM   Yeas: 28 Nays: 8 Action: Action 2: Vote Detail: Vote [Seq# 9] Barcode:

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: H Died in Messages Time: 03/14/2022 - 1:03 PM Member: Committee: Version: e1
Event: H Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Time: 03/12/2022 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: e1
Event: H In Messages Time: 01/27/2022 - 5:58 PM Member: Committee: Version: e1
Event: S Immediately certified -SJ 236 Time: 01/27/2022 - 4:20 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S CS passed as amended; YEAS 28 NAYS 8 -SJ 235 Time: 01/27/2022 - 4:09 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Read 3rd time -SJ 235 Time: 01/27/2022 - 3:58 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Amendment(s) adopted (349788) -SJ 235 Time: 01/27/2022 - 3:56 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Read 2nd time -SJ 231 Time: 01/27/2022 - 3:52 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S CS/CS by Rules read 1st time -SJ 220 Time: 01/26/2022 - 4:16 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: c2
Event: S Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/27/22 -SJ 236 Time: 01/24/2022 - 5:24 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading Time: 01/21/2022 - 3:09 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 01/21/2022 - 8:40 AM Member: Committee: Rules Version: c2
Event: S CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 14 NAYS 2 -SJ 219 Time: 01/20/2022 - 11:29 AM Member: Committee: Rules Version: c1
Event: S CS by Community Affairs read 1st time -SJ 172 Time: 01/18/2022 - 4:22 PM Member: Committee: Community Affairs Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Rules, 01/20/22, 9:30 am, 412 Knott Building Time: 01/14/2022 - 2:02 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: c1
Event: S Now in Rules Time: 01/13/2022 - 12:23 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: c1
Event: S Remaining references corrected to Rules -SJ 175 Time: 01/13/2022 - 12:23 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: c1
Event: S Original reference(s) removed: Judiciary Time: 01/13/2022 - 12:23 PM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 01/12/2022 - 2:06 PM Member: Committee: Community Affairs Version: c1
Event: S CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 2 -SJ 116 Time: 01/12/2022 - 12:54 PM Member: Committee: Community Affairs Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 16 Time: 01/11/2022 - 11:01 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 01/12/22, 9:30 am, 37 Senate Building Time: 01/07/2022 - 2:11 PM Member: Committee: Community Affairs Version: __
Event: S Referred to Community Affairs; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 16 Time: 10/13/2021 - 12:28 PM Member: Committee: Community Affairs Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 09/21/2021 - 4:42 PM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
57.112 CS/HB 403
125.66 CS/HB 403
125.675 CS/HB 403
163.2517 CS/HB 403
163.3181 CS/HB 403
163.3215 CS/HB 403
166.041 CS/HB 403
166.0411 CS/HB 403
376.80 CS/HB 403
497.270 CS/HB 403
562.45 CS/HB 403, HB 549, SB 1884
847.0134 CS/HB 403