BILL · 2023–24 SESSION

HB 1296: Local permit review

Concerning consolidating local permit review processes.

Summary

Requires local governments to exclude interior alterations from site plan review, except under certain conditions.
Requires the Department of Commerce (Department) to establish a Consolidated Permit Review Grant Program to administer grants to local governments that agree to comply with a specified residential permit application timeline and that establish a fee structure to enable the local government to continue providing review within that timeline.
Requires the Department to administer a grant program for local governments that are transitioning from paper permit review systems to digital systems.
Requires the Department to convene a Digital Permitting Process Work Group to examine aspects of digital permitting systems, with a report to the Legislature and the Governor due August 1, 2024.

From the House Bill Report (HB 1296), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to consolidating local permit review processes;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

HB 1296 (2025–26) Public education system · Enacted · Chapter 369, Laws of 2025
HB 1296 (2021–22) Behavioral health admin orgs · Enacted · Chapter 124, Laws of 2021
HB 1296 (2019–20) Retirement communities · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 1296 (2017–18) Tax incentives report&survey · Enacted · Chapter 135, Laws of 2017
HB 1296 (2015–16) Cigar lounges & tobacconists · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1296 (2013–14) Integrated resource plans · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1296 (2011–12) Water commission/creation · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1296 (2009–10) Rental housing inspections · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor