2026 Regular Session
HB595
Provides relative to permits required by local governments that impede the development of the state's natural resources
Legislative progress
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Partner positions
Likes
No public reasoning provided.
Dislikes
This provision grants exclusive jurisdiction over “natural resources” to a state agency while stripping local governments of authority over matters directly affecting their communities. Such sweeping preemption undermines local governance and eliminates meaningful checks at the local level. When authority is centralized to this degree, the potential for abuse increases while accountability diminishes.
Recorded floor votes
2 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
May 6, 2026 · House
House Vote on HB 595 FINAL PASSAGE (#905)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
93 yea–1 nay · 11 absent
May 27, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on HB 595 FINAL PASSAGE (#1442)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
36 yea–0 nay · 3 absent
Committee referrals
May 11, 2026 · Senate
Natural Resources
February 26, 2026 · House
Natural Resources and Environment
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 Effective date: 08/01/2026.
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House Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 656.
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House Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
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Senate Signed by the President of the Senate.
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House Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
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House Received from the Senate without amendments.
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Senate Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. View roll call
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Senate Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
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Senate Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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Senate Rules suspended. Reported favorably.
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Senate Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
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Senate Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
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House Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. View roll call
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House Scheduled for floor debate on 05/06/2026.
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House Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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House Reported with amendments (13-0).
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House Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
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House First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
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House Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.
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House Prefiled.