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Committee adopts amendment, narrows solar-permitting mandate and advances bill after months of negotiations
Summary
After extensive testimony from counties, cities, building officials and solar supporters, the House Finance Committee adopted amendment L006 to remove the bill's mandated automated permitting requirement and extended grant timelines, then voted 9–4 to advance the narrowed bill (HB 10 96) to the committee of the whole.
House Bill 10 96 — originally drafted to require automated residential solar permitting in specified jurisdictions — was the subject of hours of testimony in the House Finance Committee. Local governments, building officials and county commissioners raised concerns about unfunded implementation costs, integration with existing permitting and financial systems, zoning and site-specific safety issues, and virtual inspection limitations.
Opponents including county commissioners and municipal building officials testified the bill, as introduced, would impose an unfunded mandate, risk site-specific safety…
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