Revise municipal zoning laws
HB 713 revises municipal zoning laws, outlining procedures for cities and towns to establish, amend, or repeal zoning regulations, restrictions, and boundaries. It requires public hearings with notice for most zoning changes, but allows for immediate adoption of zone map boundary changes by resolution. The bill also permits municipalities to conduct joint hearings for annexation and zoning under specific conditions, streamlining the process for newly annexed properties. Additionally, it repeals a previous method that allowed for citizen protest of zoning alterations.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 24, 2025
Signed May 13, 2025
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The bill text was slightly cleaned up by removing unnecessary quotation marks and extra spacing. The core policy, which allows citizens to protest zoning changes and repeals a specific section of the zoning code, remains exactly the same.
TECHNICAL
Removed extra quotation marks and blank lines from the title and the end of the repealed section.
Floor votes · Senate Apr 17, 2025 · House Mar 7, 2025
How they voted
48–2
Passed
Total votes 50
Apr 17, 2025
D
Democratic18
88% Yea
R
Republican32
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
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Actions timeline
Total actions
39
Key actions
9
Committee
6
May 8, 2025
Signed into law
(H) Signed by Governor
lower
May 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
Apr 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 17, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (48-2)
senate
Apr 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Local Government
upper
Apr 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Local Government
upper
Mar 17, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Local Government
upper
Mar 7, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (96-3-1)
house
Feb 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Local Government
lower
Feb 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Local Government
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Local Government
lower
Feb 24, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Larry Brewster
RRepublican
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