Bills

HB 1739: COUNTY-DESIGNATED TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONES; TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AREAS; TRANSIT-SUPPORTIVE DENSITIES; COUNTY REGULATIONS; PROHIBITION

  • Session Year: 2025-2026
  • House: House

Current Status:

In Progress

(2026-02-04: The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Cochran, Grandinetti, Kila, La Chica, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kitagawa.)

Introduced

First Committee Review

First Chamber

Second Committee Review

Second Chamber

Final Decking

Enacted

Version:

Prohibits the counties from enacting an ordinance, rule, regulation, development standard, zoning provision, or other land use control that restricts the development of transit-supportive densities in county-designated transit-oriented development zones and transit-oriented development infrastructure improvement program areas.

Discussed in Hearing

House Standing Committee on Housing1MIN
Feb 4, 2026

House Standing Committee on Housing

House Standing Committee on Housing2MIN
Feb 4, 2026

House Standing Committee on Housing

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HB 1739: County-designated Transit-Oriented Development Zones; Transit-oriented Development Infrastructure Improvement Program Areas; Transit-supportive Densities; County Regulations; Prohibition | Digital Democracy