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Committee adopts amendment and recommends HB 2418 to rules after debate over local costs
Summary
The Senate Local Government Committee adopted a striking amendment to engrossed second substitute House Bill 2418, which tightens procedural completeness rules for permit reviews, sets business-day review deadlines, and requires refunds if deadlines are missed; the committee passed the bill by voice vote after a senator raised local-government cost and implementation concerns.
The Senate Local Government Committee adopted a striking amendment to engrossed second substitute House Bill 2,418 and recommended the bill to the rules committee by a voice vote. Committee staff described the amendment — offered by Senator Solomon — and the bill's key provisions before debate and voting.
Staff summarized the bill as clarifying that a county or city's determination of procedural completeness is not a substantive review and as requiring certain government entities other than counties and cities to complete reviews of residential project permit applications within specified deadlines. Staff said the bill provides that if a deadline is missed, the…
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