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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 771

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Relating to: consideration of climate change in certain local plans and making an appropriation. (FE)

Administration department of — Budget and fiscal issues Environmental protection Municipality — Planning

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, local governmental units are required or permitted to

prepare a variety of plans that guide the local governmental unit's response to future

events. Among these plans are comprehensive plans that assist in guiding a local

governmental unit's future physical development, community health plans that

assist in guiding a local governmental unit's response to community health

problems, and hazard mitigation plans that assist a local governmental unit in

preparing for disasters. Under this bill, if a local governmental unit prepares a

comprehensive plan, a community health plan, or a disaster mitigation plan, it must

consider the effects of climate change when preparing the plan.

The bill also requires the Department of Administration to administer a climate

change planning grant program under which DOA provides grants to local

governmental units to pay the cost of considering climate change in a comprehensive

plan, a community health plan, or a disaster mitigation plan.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Agard (D) , Larson (D) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (D)

23 cosponsors

Andraca (D) , Baldeh (D) , Clancy (D) , Conley (D) , Considine (D) , Emerson (D) , Goyke (D) , J. Anderson (D) , Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Madison (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Neubauer (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Palmeri (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Shankland (D) , Shelton (D) , Sinicki (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Vining (D)

Full history

  1. Dec 8, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Smith, Agard, Larson and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Vining, Goyke, Ortiz-Velez, J. Anderson, Andraca, Baldeh, Clancy, Conley, Considine, Emerson, Jacobson, Joers, Madison, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Palmeri, Ratcliff, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Stubbs and Subeck

  2. Dec 8, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government

  3. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1