SSB 1169

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 8, 2021
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 8, 2021
3. ✓
   Done: Senate committeeFebruary 23, 2021
4. –
   Skipped: Passes the SenateContinued as SF 442
5. Next: House committee
6. Next: Passes the House
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Became SF 442 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to SF 442 What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill amends the definition of essential county purpose to include the construction, reconstruction, and improvement of all waterways, and real and personal property, useful for the protection or reclamation of property from floods or high waters, and for the protection of property from the effects of flood waters, including the deepening, widening, alteration, change, diversion, or other improvement of watercourses, the construction of levees, embankments, structures, impounding reservoirs, pumping stations or conduits, and the establishment, improvement, and widening of streets, avenues, boulevards, and alleys across and adjacent to the project, as well as the development and beautification of the banks and other areas adjacent to flood control improvements.

Full bill text · What changed before it passed¹

Senate subcommittee

Named February 8, 2021. On February 17, 2021 it recommended passage.

• Sen. Julian B. Garrett R
• Sen. Jackie Smith D
• Sen. Craig Steven Williams REmail

Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part

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