SCR 1 CO
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Summary
This concurrent resolution establishes that local ordinances and regulations within a city or county's jurisdiction supersede conflicting state laws in specified areas. The areas include construction and development permitting, zoning and land use planning, siting of utilities and infrastructure, management of natural hazard and resource areas, and siting of major facilities such as airports, transit systems, highways, and water treatment systems. The resolution also applies local preemption to nuclear detonations and geothermal resource development for electricity production. The effect is to grant local governments authority to enact and enforce local laws in these designated areas even when they conflict with state law. This applies within the territorial limits and jurisdiction of each local government that enacts relevant ordinances or regulations.
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Official abstract
The concurrent resolution provides that, within the territorial limits and jurisdiction of an enacting local government, a local ordinance, code, regulation, or other law enacted by a local government supersedes any conflicting state law in the following areas:Permitting of construction, development, or land access;Zoning and planning;Land use decisions;Siting of utilities and infrastructure;Mineral resource areas;Natural hazard areas;Areas containing, or having a significant impact upon, historical, natural, or archaeological resources of statewide importance;Areas around key facilities in which development may have a material effect upon the key facility or the surrounding community;Site selection and construction of major new domestic water and sewage treatment systems and major extensions of existing domestic water and sewage treatment systems; Site selection and development of solid waste disposal sites;Site selection of airports;Site selection of rapid or mass transit terminals, stations, and fixed guideways;Site selection of arterial highways, arterial interchanges, and collector highways;Site selection and construction of major facilities of a public utility;Site selection and development of new communities;Efficient utilization of municipal and industrial water projects;Conduct of nuclear detonations; andThe use of geothermal resources for the commercial production of electricity.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this concurrent resolution as introduced in the second house.)
Sponsor (1)
- R. Pelton Republican · sponsor
Action history (2)
- May 6, 2026 Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Postpone Indefinitely · upper
- Apr 16, 2026 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing · upper
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