STATEMENT TO

SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE, Nos. 2347 and 1106

with Senate Floor Amendments

(Proposed by Senator SINGLETON)

ADOPTED: JUNE 2, 2025

      These floor amendments:

      (1)  provide that a municipal ordinance or resolution is not to prohibit or restrict the development of an accessory dwelling unit that complies with the requirements of the bill if the municipality: 

§ has a population density of less than 9,000 people per square mile, as determined by the most recent federal decennial census; or

§ has a population density of greater than or equal to 9,000 people per square mile, as determined by the most recent federal decennial census, and has adopted an ordinance or resolution to permit the development of accessory dwelling units as of the effective date of the bill;

      (2)  define the term "agency";

      (3)  specify that a municipality that has a population density of greater than or equal to 9,000 people per square mile, as determined by the most recent federal decennial census, that has not adopted a municipal ordinance to permit the development of accessory dwelling units as of the effective date of the bill and elects to adopt such an ordinance is to incorporate the requirements of the bill into the ordinance and follow the requirements of the ordinance in approving or denying an application for development of an accessory dwelling unit; and

      (4)  provide that the provisions of the bill are not to apply to a municipality that has adopted an ordinance or resolution permitting and providing a reasonable opportunity for the development of accessory dwelling units, which has taken effect on or before January 1, 2025, and still remains in effect.