Property Owner Liability

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Citing this act as the "Fallen Tree Act"; providing that a property owner is liable for damages caused by trees or shrubs located on his or her property when they fall on another’s property; providing that trees and shrubs located on two or more parcels may be removed by any of the property owners after serving proper notice and posting on the other parcels; providing an exception, etc.

Every action

8 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

1. Feb 13, 2025SenateFiled
2. Feb 25, 2025CommitteeReferred to Judiciary; Banking and Insurance; Rules · Senate Judiciary
3. Mar 4, 2025SenateIntroduced
4. Mar 27, 2025CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 04/01/25, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building · Senate Judiciary
5. Apr 1, 2025CommitteeFavorable by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 · Senate Judiciary11–0 vote
6. Apr 2, 2025CommitteeNow in Banking and Insurance · Senate Banking and Insurance
7. May 3, 2025SenateIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
8. Jun 16, 2025CommitteeDied in Banking and Insurance · Senate Banking and Insurance

Roll calls

1 recorded vote: 0 on the floor, 1 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 1 cosponsor: 1 Republican.

• Jonathan MartinR Primary sponsor · District 33