Committee backs broad land-use rewrite aimed at streamlining development approvals

Feb 13, 2025

The committee adopted the first substitute to House Bill 368, a technical and substantive rewrite of land-use code (including annexation and "identical plans" rules) intended to clarify definitions, codify best practices and speed approvals for starter homes and other developments.

The full story

House Bill 368, a comprehensive land-use amendments bill described by sponsors as a "meat-and-potatoes" package, was adopted as a first substitute and recommended favorably by the House Political Subdivisions Committee after testimony from municipal and industry stakeholders.

Free newsletter

Sign up to keep reading.

Your free newsletter brings you what your city council, county, and school board discussed and decided.

or
Already have an account? Sign in