2025 bills / H.B. 198
H.B. 198 Highway Expansion Impacts on Signage Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
This bill changes the rules for moving a billboard when a highway project blocks or affects it. It updates the existing provisions on billboard relocation that apply when road widening, construction, or other highway improvements obstruct or impact a sign.
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Official description
- amends provisions related to the relocation of a billboard if the billboard was obstructed or impacted by the widening, construction, reconstruction, or other improvements appurtenant to the relevant highway
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Every vote
- 11 yes, 0 no, 1 absentHouse Transportation Committee: vote to change the bill · Feb 14, 2025Who voted how
- 10 yes, 1 no, 1 absentHouse Transportation Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 14, 2025Who voted how
- 56 yes, 12 no, 7 absentFinal House vote · Feb 28, 2025Who voted how
- yes, undefined noHouse vote to change the bill · Feb 28, 2025
- 56 yes, 11 no, 8 absentFinal House vote · Feb 28, 2025Who voted how
- 5 yes, 0 no, 1 absentSenate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee: vote to approve it · Mar 4, 2025Who voted how
- 25 yes, 1 no, 3 absentFinal Senate vote · Mar 7, 2025Who voted how
Hearings and debates
- Feb 14, 2025 House Transportation Committee▶ Watch
- Mar 4, 2025 Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee▶ Watch
- 21/2/2025 House floor debate▶ Watch
- 24/2/2025 House floor debate▶ Watch
- 28/2/2025 House floor debate▶ Watch
- 28/2/2025 House floor debate▶ Watch
- Jul 3, 2025 Senate floor debate▶ Watch