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2023 Regular Session

House Bill 6892

AN ACT CONCERNING MUNICIPAL BLIGHT ORDINANCES AND THE FINE FOR LITTERING.

Became law as Public Act 23-33, signed June 7, 2023, 90 days after it was filed.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To (1) remove the municipal population threshold for certain parties to petition the Superior Court for the appointment of a receiver for a blighted and abandoned property, (2) allow municipalities to enact blight ordinances concerning both residential and commercial real property, (3) increase the permissible fines for blight ordinance violations, (4) increase the fine for littering to five hundred dollars, (5) reduce notice requirements to lienors when a municipality remediates certain code violations, and (6) remove certain blight violations from the infractions list.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

6 co-sponsors

Christopher Rosario, Jennifer Leeper, Anthony L. Nolan, Christine Conley, Michelle L. Cook, Andre F. Baker Jr.

In the Senate

    3 co-sponsors

    Martha Marx, Ceci Maher, Bob Duff

    Its course

    March 9 to June 7, 2023, 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 action29 actions on 13 days

    In the House of RepresentativesMar 9 to May 1668 days

    Planning and Development CommitteeMar 9 to Mar 2011 days

    Judiciary CommitteeMay 3 to May 96 days

    In the SenateMay 16 to Jun 116 days

    Waiting to be sentJun 1 to Jun 65 days

    With the GovernorJun 6 to Jun 71 day

    Amendments

    Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

    • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

      Adopted May 16 · Adopted Jun 1

    • House of Representatives floor amendmentRejected

      Rejected May 16

    • Senate floor amendmentRejected

      Rejected Jun 1

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

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    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

    In the House of Representatives Mar 9 – May 16

    1. Mar 9Introduced and sent to Planning and Development Committee
    2. Mar 10Heard in Planning and Development Committee
    3. Mar 20Planning and Development Committee recommended a substitute for it
    4. May 3Sent to Judiciary Committee
    5. May 9Judiciary Committee recommended it
    6. May 16The House of Representatives adopted House of Representatives Amendment A
    7. The House of Representatives rejected House of Representatives Amendment B
    8. Passed the House of Representatives with House of Representatives Amendment A

    In the Senate May 18 – Jun 1

    1. May 18Arrived in the Senate
    2. Jun 1The Senate adopted House of Representatives Amendment A
    3. The Senate rejected Senate Amendment A
    4. Passed the Senate with House of Representatives Amendment A

    To the Governor Jun 5 – Jun 7

    1. Jun 5Numbered Public Act 23-33
    2. Jun 6Sent to the Secretary of the State
    3. Sent to the Governor
    4. Jun 7Signed by the Governor
    All 29 actions, as published
    1. Mar 9REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Mar 10PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    3. Mar 20Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
    4. Mar 20FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    5. Mar 29REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    6. Apr 4RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    7. Apr 4FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
    8. Apr 4HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
    9. Apr 4FILE NO.Both houses
    10. May 3REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ONHouse of Representatives
    11. May 9Joint FavorableBoth houses
    12. May 9FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    13. May 9RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    14. May 9NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
    15. May 9TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
    16. May 16HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
    17. May 16HOUSE REJECTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
    18. May 16HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
    19. May 18FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    20. May 18SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
    21. May 18FILE NO.Both houses
    22. Jun 1SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH.Senate
    23. Jun 1SEN. REJ. SEN. AMEND. SCH.Senate
    24. Jun 1SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH.Senate
    25. Jun 1IN CONCURRENCESenate
    26. Jun 5PUBLIC ACTBoth houses
    27. Jun 6TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATEBoth houses
    28. Jun 6TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNORGovernor
    29. Jun 7SIGNED BY GOVERNORGovernor