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2024 SESSION
HB 208 Comprehensive plan; locality may consider adopting a healthy communities strategy.
Introduced by: Shelly A. Simonds | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Comprehensive plan; healthy communities strategy. Authorizes a locality, beginning July 1, 2024, to adopt a healthy communities strategy as part of its next and any subsequent reviews of the comprehensive plan. The bill provides that the locality's strategy may include identifying (i) major sources of pollution or hazardous waste sites within the locality, (ii) policies to mitigate the unique or compounded health risks to residents that may be caused by such pollution sources or hazardous waste sites, (iii) objectives and policies to promote civic engagement in public decision-making processes by residents, (iv) objectives and policies that prioritize improvements and programs that promote healthy communities, and (v) objectives and policies that encourage linking public transit with community and health services and siting or co-locating health services in unconventional settings to ensure convenient access for all community members. This bill is identical to SB 595.
FULL TEXT
- 01/04/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102526D pdf
- 01/19/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24105704D-H1 pdf
- 02/28/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB208ER) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate amendments
- Senate amendments engrossed
- Governor's veto explanation
HISTORY
- 01/04/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102526D
- 01/04/24 House: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
- 01/16/24 House: Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/19/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)
- 01/19/24 House: Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (14-Y 8-N)
- 01/19/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24105704D-H1
- 01/23/24 House: Read first time
- 01/24/24 House: Read second time
- 01/24/24 House: Committee substitute agreed to 24105704D-H1
- 01/24/24 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB208H1
- 01/25/24 House: Passed by for the day
- 01/26/24 House: Read third time and passed House (49-Y 45-N)
- 01/26/24 House: VOTE: Passage (49-Y 45-N)
- 01/29/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/29/24 Senate: Referred to Committee on Local Government
- 02/19/24 Senate: Reported from Local Government with amendment (9-Y 5-N)
- 02/20/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/24 Senate: Read third time
- 02/21/24 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/21/24 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/21/24 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/21/24 Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (25-Y 15-N)
- 02/23/24 House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (50-Y 46-N)
- 02/23/24 House: VOTE: Adoption (50-Y 46-N)
- 02/28/24 House: Enrolled
- 02/28/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB208ER)
- 02/28/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/02/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/24 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
- 03/11/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 04/08/24 Governor: Vetoed by Governor
- 04/17/24 House: House sustained Governor's veto