HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES — NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Land & Resource Management 

TIME & DATE:  9:00 AM, Monday, July 20, 2026 

PLACE:        E2.026 
CHAIR:        Rep. Gary Gates 

*Public testimony may be limited at the discretion of the chair.*

The committee will meet to hear invited and public testimony on the following interim charges:

Monitoring: Monitor the implementation and associated rulemaking of legislation passed by the Committee and enacted by the 89th Legislature to ensure that legislative purposes are properly implemented, including the following:

HB 24, relating to procedures for changes to a zoning regulation or district boundary;

SB 15, relating to size and density requirements for residential lots in certain municipalities;

SB 840, relating to certain municipal regulation of certain mixed-use and multifamily residential development projects and conversion of certain commercial buildings to mixed-use and multifamily residential occupancy; and

SB 1567, relating to the authority of home-rule municipalities to regulate the occupancy of dwelling units.

Housing Affordability: Examine how the following factors may improve housing attainability and affordability:

Fees: Examine the collection, use, and oversight of fees imposed by local governments, including impact fees, utility connection charges, permit and inspection fees, and drainage or stormwater fees. Evaluate whether sufficient financial transparency exists and if such fees are used in accordance with their legal authority.

Third-Party Review: Study methods to expedite the safe permitting of construction projects to increase housing supply. Review the ongoing implementation of recent legislation regarding the use of third-party reviews of plats and property development plans, permits, and similar documents, and the inspection of an improvement related to such a document. Examine methods that have proven successful in other states and recommend statutory changes to expedite the permitting of residential housing projects.

Pre-Approval of Residential Building Plans: Examine the impacts and feasibility of allowing municipalities to establish processes for the pre-approval and repeated use of residential building plans, including the potential effects on housing supply, affordability, permitting timelines, and local administrative capacity.

Electronic public comments may be submitted for:

Implementation of 89(R) HB 24

Implementation of 89(R) SB 15

Implementation of 89(R) SB 840

Implementation of 89(R) SB 1567

Local Government Fees

Third-Party Review

Pre-Approval of Residential Building Plans

Texas residents who wish to electronically submit comments related to

agenda items on this notice without testifying in person can do so until

the hearing is adjourned by visiting:

https://comments.house.texas.gov/home?c=c360

For those persons who will be testifying, information for in-person witness registration, can be found here: https://mytxlegis.capitol.texas.gov/HWRSPublic/About.aspx

A live video broadcast of this hearing will be available here: https://house.texas.gov/video-audio/

Instructions related to public access to the meeting location are available here: https://house.texas.gov/committees/public-access-house-committee-meetings/

NOTICE OF ASSISTANCE AT PUBLIC MEETINGS

Persons with disabilities who plan to attend this meeting and who may need assistance, such as a sign language interpreter, are requested to contact Stacey Nicchio at (512) 463-0850, 72 hours prior to the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can be made.