2026 Regular Session
SB647
Cities and towns; establishing requirements for legislative municipal procedures. Effective date.
Legislative progress
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This summary includes only completed milestones supported by recorded actions. It does not predict the next step, and it preserves later committee reassignments, concurrence, conference, veto, and approval actions when they occur.
Partner positions
Dislikes
While the measure makes no changes to the public notice and hearing requirements for proceedings to discuss a proposed rezoning application, governing bodies are prohibited from basing their decision making on presented information that is neither objective nor relevant. (Based on whose interpretation of "objective or relevant"?
Recorded floor votes
5 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
February 25, 2025 · Senate
Senate: Local & County Government Committee: DO PASS AMENDED CS
Passed
7 yea–2 nay
March 25, 2025 · Senate
Senate: THIRD READING
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
30 yea–14 nay · 3 absent
April 9, 2025 · House
House: County and Municipal Government Committee: DO PASS
Passed
5 yea–0 nay
April 24, 2025 · House
House: Government Oversight Committee: DO PASS AS AMENDED, STRIKE THE TITLE
Passed
13 yea–0 nay
May 7, 2025 · House
House: THIRD READING
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
52 yea–39 nay · 7 absent
Committee referrals
April 1, 2025 · House
Government Oversight
April 1, 2025 · House
County and Municipal Government
February 4, 2025 · Senate
Local and County Government
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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House Conference granted, naming Conference Committee on Government Oversight
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Senate SCs named Frix, Hamilton, Burns, Stanley, Logan, Goodwin
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Senate HAs rejected, conference requested
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Senate Returned to Calendar; HAs
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Senate Conferees unable to agree
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Senate CCR read
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Senate Coauthored by Senator Jett
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House Conference granted, naming Special Conference Committee on SB 647
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Senate SCs named Frix, Hamilton, Burns, Alvord, Weaver, Stanley, Nice
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Senate HAs rejected, conference requested
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Senate HAs read
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House Engrossed, signed, to Senate
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House Referred for engrossment
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House Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 52 Nays: 39 View roll call
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House General Order
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House CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Government Oversight Committee View roll call
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House Policy recommendation to the Government Oversight committee; Do Pass County and Municipal Government
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House Referred to County and Municipal Government
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House Second Reading referred to Government Oversight
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House First Reading
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Senate Engrossed to House
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Senate Referred for engrossment
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Senate Measure passed: Ayes: 30 Nays: 14 View roll call
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Senate General Order, Considered
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Senate Coauthored by Representative Stinson (principal House author)
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Senate Placed on General Order
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Senate Title stricken
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Senate Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Local and County Government committee; CR filed View roll call
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Senate Remove as author Senator Paxton; authored by Senator Frix
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Senate Second Reading referred to Local and County Government
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Senate Authored by Senator Paxton
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Senate First Reading