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Conference committee approves SB 66, creates optional expedited permit path and shifts approval responsibility to architects
Summary
The Joint House and Senate Conference Committee on April 24 passed Senate Bill 66 (CD1), which establishes an optional expedited permit track for certain housing projects, sets a 60-day review target, and shifts final approval responsibility to a project architect under an indemnification and insurance framework in specified cases.
The Joint House and Senate Conference Committee voted to pass Senate Bill 66 (CD1) on April 24 in Conference Room 224. The CD1 creates an optional expedited permit track for single-family and multifamily housing projects and sets an explicit timeline and insurance/indemnity framework for that track, conferees said during the committee presentation.
Under the CD1 described to the committee, permitting agencies must act on complete permit applications within 60 days. If the county has not acted after the applicable review period, an applicant may request an optional expedited processing path. Under that optional path, the CD1 shifts approval responsibility to the project architect under an indemnification agreement; the county would issue a permit on the architect's certification.…
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