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Chair proposes splitting bill 03/28; committee seeks definition of 'permitted' and retains farmworker report
Summary
During an informal April 3 session, the House General & Housing chair outlined a likely split of bill 03/28 so planning/zoning sections (including a change in 7(d)) move to the environment committee, while manufactured housing nondiscrimination and a farmworker-housing report (9a) remain here; counsel was asked to draft a definition of 'permitted' and committee requested an Agriculture flyby on 9a.
Chair (S1) opened the April 3 meeting saying the committee should consider splitting bill 03/28 so that planning and zoning sections that fall clearly to the Environment Committee are detached while the housing-related sections stay with General & Housing. "7(d) is the one that makes the change, which is a really big change...it changes the word 'allowed' to 'permit,'" the chair said, noting that definition matters for how local zoning officials will apply the law.
Why it matters: Committee members warned that if the bill is split and key definitions are not preserved, the committee’s policy intent…
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