BILL · 2025–26 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 6147

SB 6147: Grocery estab. closures

Concerning notice requirements for grocery establishment closures.

Summary

Requires certain grocery establishments to provide at least four months’ notice before closing.
Requires grocery establishments to meet with specified entities to identify alternative outcomes that would allow for continued availability of grocery products and services.
Prohibits certain negative use restrictions that would restrict property from being used as a grocery establishment, subject to specified exceptions.
Authorizes enforcement by the attorney general and provides remedies.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 6147), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor

AN ACT Relating to notice requirements for grocery establishment closures;

No recorded floor votes.

Feb 26, 2026Senate Rules "X" file. (SSB 6147)
Feb 26, 2026Senate Rules "X" file.
Feb 16, 2026Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. (SSB 6147)
Feb 16, 2026Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
Feb 9, 2026WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SSB 6147)
Feb 9, 2026Minority; do not pass. (SSB 6147)
Feb 9, 2026Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. (SSB 6147)
Feb 9, 2026Minority; do not pass.
Feb 9, 2026WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Feb 9, 2026Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
Feb 3, 2026Referred to Ways & Means.
Feb 2, 2026Minority; do not pass.
Feb 2, 2026And refer to Ways & Means.
Feb 2, 2026LC - Majority; do pass.
Jan 14, 2026First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce.

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

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SB 6147 (2015–16) Water-sewer districts · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 6147 (2013–14) Unit owners' associations · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6147 (2011–12) Tribes in Indian country · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 6147 (2009–10) Fiscal reform · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6147 (2007–08) Retail establishments · Did not pass · died in committee