2026 Regular Session
HB240
Local Comprehensive Plans - Guidance Materials and Notification to the Department of Planning
Earlier-session bill · introduced 2025
Requiring a local planning commission to notify the Department of Planning when beginning the review of the local jurisdiction's comprehensive plan; requiring the Department, within 60 days of receiving the notification, to provide guidance materials relating to State law, best practices for local comprehensive plans, and any other resources to support the plan's review; and requiring the Department to develop and maintain certain guidance materials in consultation with certain other State agencies and offices.
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.
Recorded floor votes
3 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
March 5, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
123 yea–0 nay · 6 not voting · 12 absent
April 8, 2026 · Senate
Floor Amendment 913427/1 (Senator Ready) Rejected
Failed
15 yea–25 nay · 5 not voting · 2 absent
April 8, 2026 · Senate
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
42 yea–1 nay · 2 not voting · 2 absent
Committee referrals
March 6, 2026 · Senate
Education, Energy, and the Environment
January 14, 2026 · House
Economic Matters
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 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 122
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House Returned Passed
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Senate Third Reading Passed (42-1)
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Senate Floor Amendment {913427/1 (Senator Ready) Rejected (15-25)
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Senate Second Reading Passed
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Senate Favorable Adopted
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Senate Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
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Senate Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
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Senate Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
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House Third Reading Passed (123-0) View roll call
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House Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
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House Favorable Report by Economic Matters
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House Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
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House First Reading Economic Matters
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House Pre-filed