SB717
Transit-oriented housing overlay districts; definitions, ordinances, report, sunset.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Transit-oriented housing overlay districts.
Requires certain localities to establish one or more transit-oriented housing overlay districts covering qualifying areas, as defined in the bill, within their boundaries. The bill provides that within such overlay districts, the locality shall permit, by right, a minimum height of six stories and a minimum average density of 30 ... (More) units per acre within one-quarter of a mile of a major transit stop and allow two units per lot and four units per corner lot between one-quarter of a mile and one mile from a such a stop. The bill further provides that applications for such housing development shall be approved ministerially by the zoning administrator or other designated official and that no public hearing is required for approval. The bill allows certain areas within a locality to be excluded from its provisions and sunsets on September 1, 2030. The bill has a delayed effective date of September 1, 2027. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/14/2026 - Senate: Presented and ordered printed 26100854D
- 01/14/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Local Government
- 02/02/2026 - Senate: Senate committee amendments offered
- 02/02/2026 - Senate: Reported from Local Government with amendments (8-Y 7-N)
- 02/03/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/03/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/03/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 02/03/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/04/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/04/2026 - Senate: Local Government Amendments agreed to
- 02/04/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended (Voice Vote)
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 19-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 02/10/2026 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/10/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/10/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
- 02/17/2026 - House: Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #2
- 02/18/2026 - House: Placed on Counties, Cities and Towns Agenda
- 02/18/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 02/19/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)
- 02/19/2026 - House: Placed on Counties, Cities and Towns Agenda
- 02/20/2026 - House: Continued to next session in Counties, Cities and Towns (Voice Vote)
