More Dead Bills After Yesterday's Deadline

Yesterday was the last day for the House to consider senate bills or joint resolutions on third reading and the last day for the Senate to consider any bills or joint resolutions on third reading. Here is a list of bills and resolutions that have died:

TLC Supported

• Eminent Domain Reform: HJR 31 by Anderson, HJR 65 by Davis, SB 18 by Estes, SB 533 by Duncan, and SB 622 by Hegar
  
• Agricultural Valuation Property Tax Rollback: HB 2230 by Parker
• Voluntary NAIS: SB 682 by Eltife
  

TLC Opposed

• Land Use Mitigation Authority: SB 688 by Wentworth
  
• County Regulatory Land Use Authority: SB 578, SB 2202, SB 2451, and SB 2452 by Wentworth; SB 1226 and SB 1227 by Fraser; SB 1370 by Lucio; SB 2222 and SB 2223 by Van de Putte (amended into HB 2919 by S. King); SB 2439 by Uresti (amended into HB 2919 by S. King); and SB 2555 by Hegar
  
• Groundwater District Authority: SB 2530 by Wentworth
  
• Agricultural Valuation Property Tax Rollback: SB 678 by Shapleigh
  

TLC Opposes County Zoning

TLC was hard at work today, explaining the threat to private property rights that proposed legislation giving counties broad regulatory authority over land use poses. Jimmy and Lauren distributed TLC's position statements opposing SB 578 by Wentworth and HB 2167 by Rose to legislators' staff.

SB 578 has been referred to the Senate Intergovernmental Relations Committee, of which Wentworth is a member; HB 2167 has been referred to the House Land & Resource Management Committee.

Other county land use regulation bills TLC opposes include: SB 1226 and SB 1227 by Fraser (referred to Senate Business & Commerce, of which Fraser is Chair), HB 2056 by Gallego (referred to House Defense and Veterans' Affairs) and companion SB 2439 by Uresti, HB 1119 by Bolton (referred to House Land & Resource Management), and HB 143 by McClendon (referred to House Defense and Veterans' Affairs).