HB 2034

ON APRIL 6, 2026, THE HOUSE SUBSTITUTED SENATE BILL 1473 FOR HOUSE BILL 2034, ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1, AND PASSED SENATE BILL 1473, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 removes authorization for a municipal court to order a municipality to remedy a violation and clarifies that the municipality can exercise its discretion in deciding whether to remedy the violation. This amendment prohibits a municipality from remediating a violation if the cost may negatively impact the municipality's financial position, or if the cost is budgetarily prohibitive. This amendment specifies that, in addition to assessing remediation costs against a property owner in the form of a lien, a municipality may recover remediation costs through all other legal means. ON APRIL 9, 2026, THE SENATE CONCURRED IN HOUSE AMENDMENT #1.