SB1254
Comprehensive plan; environmental justice strategy.
Status:
Vetoed
Latest Action:
April 2, 2025
Senate: Senate sustained Governor's veto
Chief Patron:
Lamont Bagby (D)
Session:
2025 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Comprehensive plan; environmental justice strategy.
Requires cities with populations greater than 20,000 and counties with populations greater than 100,000 to consider, at the next and all subsequent reviews of the comprehensive plan, adopting an environmental justice strategy. The bill provides that the locality's strategy shall be to identify environmental justice and fenceline communities within the ... (More) jurisdiction of the local planning commission and identify objectives and policies to reduce health risks, to promote civic engagement, and to prioritize improvements and programs that address the needs of environmental justice and fenceline communities, as those terms are defined by the bill. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/08/2025 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103447D
- 01/08/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Local Government
- 01/20/2025 - Senate: Reported from Local Government (8-Y 7-N)
- 01/21/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/21/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 01/21/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/22/2025 - Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/23/2025 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 19-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/04/2025 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/04/2025 - House: Read first time
- 02/04/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
- 02/04/2025 - House: Assigned CCT sub: Subcommittee #2
- 02/04/2025 - House: Placed on Counties, Cities and Towns Agenda
- 02/06/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- 02/06/2025 - House: Placed on Counties, Cities and Towns Agenda
- 02/07/2025 - House: Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (12-Y 9-N)
- 02/11/2025 - House: Read second time
- 02/12/2025 - House: Read third time
- 02/12/2025 - House: Passed House (50-Y 47-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Enrolled
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1254ER)
- 02/17/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 20, 2025
- 02/20/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
- 03/24/2025 - Senate: Governor's Veto Received by Senate
- 03/24/2025 - Vetoed by Governor
- 04/02/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 04/02/2025 - Senate: Senate sustained Governor's veto
