BILL · 2025–26 SESSION
SB 5554: Historic landmark desig.
Concerning historic landmark designations.
Summary
- Prohibits a city or code city from designating a property as a historic landmark if the property that would be designated as a historic landmark is less than 40 years old or the designation would restrict the use, alteration, or demolition of the property and written consent of the owner of the property has not been obtained.
- Provides that these limitations do not apply if the historic landmark is within a historic district established through a local preservation ordinance.
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Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
- IntroducedJan 28, 2025
- Out of committeeFeb 10, 2025
- Passed Senatestopped here
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Jesse Salomon (D-32)
- Introduced
- January 28, 2025 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 12, 2026
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
AN ACT Relating to historic landmark designations;
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Jesse Salomon (D-32)
3 co-sponsors (1 Democrat, 2 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes.
History
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- Senate Rules "X" file.
- Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- Minority; without recommendation.
- LGV - Majority; do pass.
- First reading, referred to Local Government.
SB 5554 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- SB 5554 (2023–24) College grant award amounts
- SB 5554 (2021–22) Local net income taxes
- SB 5554 (2019–20) School notifications
- SB 5554 (2017–18) Contraceptive coverage
- SB 5554 (2015–16) "Streams" definition/SMA
- SB 5554 (2013–14) Prescrip monitoring program
- SB 5554 (2011–12) Identifying marks on ballots
- SB 5554 (2009–10) Job skills program