Local Ordinances
Summary
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.
Bill status
died
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Jan 2022
Senate Passage
Jan 2022
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 11, 2022
Last action Mar 14, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Jan 27, 2022
How they voted
27–7
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 37
Jan 27, 2022
D
Democratic14
50% Nay
R
Republican23
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
6
Committee
5
Jan 27, 2022
Upper · Passed
CS passed as amended; YEAS 28 NAYS 8
upper
Jan 27, 2022
Upper · Passed
Amendment(s) adopted (349788)
upper
Jan 21, 2022
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Jan 14, 2022
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Rules, 01/20/22, 9:30 am, 412 Knott Building
upper
Jan 12, 2022
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Jan 7, 2022
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 01/12/22, 9:30 am, 37 Senate Building
upper
Oct 13, 2021
Committee
Referred to Community Affairs; Judiciary; Rules
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Travis Hutson
RRepublican
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