Enacting the by-right housing development act to provide a streamlined permit approval process for by-right housing developments, allowing third-party review of new residential construction development documents and inspection of improvements, requiring political subdivisions to allow certain building provisions for certain single-family residences of a certain size, excluding owner initiated rezoning to a single-family residential district from protest petition provisions and providing for all land within the corporate limits of a city that is zoned for any type of residential use to be considered zoned for single-family residential use.

Voted 4/9/2026View source

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As Amended by Senate Committee on CommerceOfficial document (HTML)
As Amended by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic DevelopmentOfficial document (HTML)
As Amended by Senate Committee on CommerceOfficial document (PDF)
As IntroducedOfficial document (PDF)
EnrolledOfficial document (HTML)
As Amended by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic DevelopmentOfficial document (PDF)
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Docket history

4/9/2026Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 30, 2026
4/9/2026Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 7, 2026
3/27/2026Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 35, Nay 4, Absent 1
3/27/2026Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 35 Nay: 4
3/26/2026Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 117, Nay 5, Absent 3
3/26/2026Conference committee report now available
3/26/2026Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 117 Nay: 5
3/23/2026Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Larry Alley, Sen. Stephen Owens and Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau
3/23/2026Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Sean Tarwater, Rep. Jill Ward and Rep. Stephanie Sawyer Clayton appointed as conferees
3/23/2026Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed