2026 Regular Session
HB870
Environment - Permit Applications for New Buildings - Notice (Large Buildings for Tomorrow Act)
Requiring, beginning on July 1, 2026, a county or municipality to notify the Department of the Environment within 10 business days after a county or municipality accepts the permit application for a new building that has a proposed gross floor area of 35,000 square feet or more.
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
2 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
March 19, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
92 yea–37 nay · 8 not voting · 4 absent
April 13, 2026 · Senate
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
38 yea–9 nay
Committee referrals
March 20, 2026 · Senate
Education, Energy, and the Environment
February 4, 2026 · House
Environment and Transportation
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 412
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House Returned Passed
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Senate Third Reading Passed (38-9) View roll call
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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 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
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Senate Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
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House Third Reading Passed (92-37) View roll call
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House Second Reading Passed with Amendments View roll call
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House Favorable with Amendments {273628/1 Adopted View roll call
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House Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation
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House Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
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House First Reading Environment and Transportation