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House panel advances bill setting 60-day timeline for local building permits for single-family homes
Summary
Lawmakers advanced HB 2088, a proposal to create a 60-day review “shot clock” for local governments acting on building permits for single-family homes, after a committee amendment narrowing the measure to single-family residential projects.
The Kansas House Committee of the Whole on Feb. 19 adopted a committee report and moved forward House Bill 2,088, legislation intended to shorten approval timelines for local building permit decisions and to clarify review standards for single-family residential projects.
Representative Jeff Turk, the bill’s carrier in the Committee of the Whole, told lawmakers the measure aims “to enhance economic growth and reduce regulatory burdens” and emphasized the committee amendment that narrowed the bill from a broader set of project types to focus…
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