CS/CS/SB 1400 (2019) -  Private Property Rights

General Bill by Judiciary and Community Affairs and Albritton
Private Property Rights: Deleting a provision that authorizes electric utilities to perform certain right-of-way tree maintenance only if a property owner has received local government approval; prohibiting certain local government ordinances or regulations from requiring a permit, application, notice, fee, or fine for certain activities regarding trees on residential property; establishing a property owner bill of rights; requiring each county property appraiser office to provide information regarding the property owner bill of rights on the appraiser’s website, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2019
Last Event: 04/26/19 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1159 (Ch. 2019-155) -SJ 568 on Friday, April 26, 2019 1:21 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Community Affairs
    • On agenda for: 04/02/19 2:00 PM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 5   Nays 0
  • Judiciary
    • On agenda for: 04/08/19 4:00 PM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 5   Nays 0
  • Rules
    • On agenda for: 04/23/19 2:00 PM
    • Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 16   Nays 0

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: CS/HB 1159 Subject: Private Property Rights Relationship: Similar

Bill Text

  • Committee Substitute 2
    • A 855862 , Albritton Date Filed: 04/25/19, Line#: 92 Senate: Not Considered 4/26/2019 1:20:36 PM
    • A 279584 , Rules, Albritton Date Filed: 04/22/19, Line#: 96 Senate(c): Withdrawn 04/23/2019 09:21 PM
  • Committee Substitute 1
    • A 888164 , Judiciary, Albritton Date Filed: 04/05/19, Line#: 108 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 04/10/2019 02:16 PM
  • Original Filed Version
    • D 694068 , Community Affairs, Flores Date Filed: 04/01/19, Line#: 0 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 04/03/2019 04:33 PM
    • AA 422236 , Community Affairs, Farmer Date Filed: 04/02/19, Line#: 75 Senate(c): Withdrawn 04/02/2019 12:42 PM
    • AA 137874 , Community Affairs, Farmer Date Filed: 04/02/19, Line#: 75 Senate(c): Withdrawn 04/03/2019 04:33 PM
    • AA 492166 , Community Affairs, Flores Date Filed: 04/02/19, Line#: 75 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 04/03/2019 04:33 PM
    • AA 426626 , Community Affairs, Flores Date Filed: 04/02/19, Line#: 81 Senate(c): Withdrawn 04/03/2019 04:33 PM

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Rules 4/23/2019 9:23:55 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Rules 4/22/2019 12:21:32 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Judiciary 4/10/2019 2:13:22 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Judiciary 4/10/2019 1:44:54 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Community Affairs 4/3/2019 4:45:14 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Community Affairs 4/1/2019 2:14:15 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1159 (Ch. 2019-155) -SJ 568 Time: 04/26/2019 - 1:21 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Substituted CS/HB 1159 -SJ 568 Time: 04/26/2019 - 1:21 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Read 2nd time -SJ 568 Time: 04/26/2019 - 1:21 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Retained on Special Order Calendar -SJ 495 Time: 04/25/2019 - 7:09 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/25/19 -SJ 496 Time: 04/23/2019 - 9:25 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading Time: 04/23/2019 - 9:25 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 -SJ 451 Time: 04/23/2019 - 7:46 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: c2
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/23/19, 2:00 pm, 110 Senate Building Time: 04/18/2019 - 5:13 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: c2
Event: S CS/CS by Judiciary read 1st time -SJ 345 Time: 04/10/2019 - 6:21 PM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version: c2
Event: S Now in Rules Time: 04/10/2019 - 5:24 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: c2
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 04/10/2019 - 2:33 PM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version: c1
Event: S CS/CS by Judiciary; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 343 Time: 04/08/2019 - 6:37 PM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version: c1
Event: S CS by Community Affairs read 1st time -SJ 317 Time: 04/03/2019 - 7:07 PM Member: Committee: Community Affairs Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 04/08/19, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building Time: 04/03/2019 - 5:59 PM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version: c1
Event: S Now in Judiciary Time: 04/03/2019 - 5:13 PM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 04/03/2019 - 4:34 PM Member: Committee: Community Affairs Version: c1
Event: S CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 312 Time: 04/02/2019 - 4:34 PM Member: Committee: Community Affairs Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 04/02/19, 2:00 pm, 301 Senate Building Time: 03/28/2019 - 3:57 PM Member: Committee: Community Affairs Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 138 Time: 03/05/2019 - 8:20 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Community Affairs; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 139 Time: 03/04/2019 - 6:25 PM Member: Committee: Community Affairs Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 02/26/2019 - 1:44 PM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
163.3209 CS/HB 1159
163.3214
715.015