HB1234
Land development; solar canopies in surface parking areas, definitions.
Status:
In Senate
Latest Action:
Feb. 13, 2026
Senate: Referred to Committee on Local Government
Chief Patron:
Briana Sewell (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. 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 or more new off-street contiguous parking spaces and may require coverage ... (More) of up to 50 percent of the surface parking area. The bill provides that an ordinance adopted pursuant to this bill shall be subject to various additional requirements and 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. Finally, the bill provides that the applicant or owner may use the electric energy generated from such solar canopy to offset the consumption of the parking lot or adjoining building served under the same account. This bill incorporates HB 457 and has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/14/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102478D
- 01/14/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
- 01/28/2026 - House: Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #2
- 01/28/2026 - House: Placed on Counties, Cities and Towns Agenda
- 02/04/2026 - House: Placed on Counties, Cities and Towns Agenda
- 02/06/2026 - House: Incorporates HB457 (Krizek)
- 02/06/2026 - House: House committee offered
- 02/06/2026 - House: Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (20-Y 1-N)
- 02/06/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26107392D-H1
- 02/10/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/11/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/11/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 02/11/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/12/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (76-Y 22-N 0-A)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Local Government
