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.

Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 30, 2026

Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 35 Nay: 4

Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 117 Nay: 5

Conference committee report now available

Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed

Motion to accede adopted; Representative Tarwater, Representative Ward and Representative Sawyer Clayton appointed as conferees

Committee of the Whole - Now working on

Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Hoheisel

Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Hoheisel was adopted

Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended

Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 97 Nay: 27

Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development

Hearing: Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 1:30 PM Room 346-S

Referred to Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development

Received and Introduced

Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 35 Nay: 5

Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended

Committee of the Whole - Now working on

Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Commerce

Hearing: Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 1:30 PM Room 159-S

Referred to Committee on Commerce

Hearing: Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 1:30 PM Room 159-S

Introduced