H.B. 570: New Home Impact Fee Amendments

What the bill does

Did not pass both chambers; the bill was filed on March 6, 2026.

This bill modifies requirements for calculating an impact fee for a single-family residential unit.

• Defines terms
• Requires a local political subdivision or private entity to use the number of plumbing fixtures in a single-family residential unit to calculate an impact fee for a single-family residential use development activity
• Makes technical and conforming changes

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Subjects: Land Use · Municipalities · Political Subdivisions (Local Issues) · Impact Fees

How it moved

1. February 17, 2026 · House1st reading (Introduced)Rules Committee
2. March 6, 2026 · Housefiledfile for bills not passed

Steps as the Legislature recorded them; clerical and fiscal-staff entries are left out. Numbers such as 54-14-7 are yeas, nays and absent.

Fiscal note

From the Legislative Fiscal Analyst's note on H.B. 570, dated February 19, 2026. A fiscal note estimates direct costs and revenue; it is not an appropriation.

• State revenue: Enactment of this legislation likely will not materially impact state revenue.
• State expenditures: Enactment of this legislation likely will not materially impact state expenditures.
• Local government: Enactment of this legislation likely will not result in direct, measurable costs for local governments.
• Individuals and businesses: Under the assumption that the proportion of aggregate impact fees collected from single-family residential development activities remains the same relative to other land use types, enactment of this legislation could shift impact fee costs among individuals or businesses with some experiencing increases and others experiencing decreases for plan differences; however, there is no aggregate impact fee cost change as…

Bill overview

Sponsor: Raymond P. Ward

Legislature passed-list status: Not available in the saved metadata.

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Latest recorded action

filed
Action date: March 6, 2026

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Recorded floor votes

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