Mid-Week 6 Update

Cities had two big legislative wins this week. 

First, HB 1182, which would have provided the option to declare a political party in city, county, and school elections, failed to pass by a vote of 36-55.

Second, SB 2188, which would have preempted cities from regulating the sale of consumer merchandise but was very broadly written and had all kinds of unintended consequences on city zoning and liquor licenses, failed to pass by a vote of 6-41.

Up for hearing on Thursday (2/11) is HB 1367. The bill will be heard at 10:30 a.m. in House Political Subdivisions Committee. This bill moves the preliminary budget deadline up a month to July 10 and allows only 10 percent of the voters to refer the city budget. 

Looking forward to talking to all of you at 2pm CST on Friday at our regular Legislative Update Virtual Meeting. 


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