Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary Committee on January 24, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.
2019 Regular Session
Senate Bill 546
AN ACT LIMITING THE USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN BY MUNICIPALITIES AND MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES AND ESTABLISHING AN OFFICE OF PROPERTY RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To (1) eliminate the use of eminent domain by (A) a municipality or development agency to acquire property within a municipal development project area, and (B) an implementing agency to acquire property in a development plan under the Manufacturing Assistance Act; (2) establish an Office of Property Rights Ombudsman; (3) permit a private property owner to request that the ombudsman arbitrate an eminent domain or relocation assistance dispute between the owner and a public agency; and (4) require a public agency to make a reasonable effort to negotiate with a property owner before starting an eminent domain action and provide the property owner with certain information before filing such an action, including information about the ombudsman.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 24 to January 24, 2019, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action1 action on 1 day
In the SenateJan 24 to Jan 24 · stopped0 days
Judiciary CommitteeJan 24 to Jan 24 · stopped0 days
Text
Each version as the General Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.
In the Senate Jan 24
- Jan 24Introduced and sent to Judiciary Committee
All 1 actions, as published
- Jan 24REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses