Committee forwards contentious bill limiting permit conditioning to Senate rules committee

The Senate Committee on Housing and Development on May 21 moved House Bill 2658 without recommendation and requested referral to the Senate Committee on Rules. Committee staff summarized the bill as prohibiting cities or counties (with specified population thresholds) from conditioning a permit or zone-change approval for a single lot or parcel on the development of a project that already has financing, approval, or procurement initiated; the summary noted the committee heard the bill previously on May 14 and reported minimal fiscal and no revenue impact.