SB26
Land development; solar canopies in surface parking areas, delayed effective date.
Status:
In House
Latest Action:
Feb. 12, 2026
Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Land development; solar canopies in parking areas.
Provides that any locality may include in its land development ordinances a provision that requires that an applicant must install a solar canopy over designated surface parking areas. Such provisions shall apply only to nonresidential parking areas with 100 parking spaces or more and may require coverage of up to ... (More) 50 percent of the surface parking area. The bill provides that localities shall allow for deviations, in whole or in part, from the requirements of the ordinance when its strict application would prevent the development of uses and densities otherwise allowed by the locality's zoning or development ordinance. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027. (Less)-
Bill History
- 11/17/2025 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100558D
- 11/17/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Local Government
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Senate committee offered
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Reported from Local Government with substitute (8-Y 7-N)
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26107468D-S1
- 02/10/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/10/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/10/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 02/11/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/11/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to
- 02/11/2026 - Senate: Reading of amendment waived (Voice Vote)
- 02/11/2026 - Senate: Senator Carroll Foy Amendment agreed to
- 02/11/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute as amended (Voice Vote)
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
