SB508 Relative to the zoning board of adjustments appeal period.

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Relative to the zoning board of adjustments appeal period.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

Overall Impact Score

Concerning

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

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Your Wallet

Adjusted appeal periods could speed up or slow down development projects, indirectly affecting property values and housing costs depending on the direction of the change.

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Your Community

Zoning appeals affect local development decisions but this is primarily a procedural timing adjustment.

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Your Freedom

Affects property owners' and neighbors' ability to challenge or defend zoning decisions in a timely manner.

Status

Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 05/14/2026 House Journal 13

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Voted No

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Sponsor

Keith Murphy (R)

The Short Version

Modifies the appeal period for zoning board of adjustment decisions. Changes to zoning appeal timelines can affect how quickly property development disputes are resolved.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

▲ Property owners or neighbors depending on whether the period is extended or shortened

Who Pays the Price

▼ The opposing party in zoning disputes

Roll Call Detail (1 vote)

Every recorded floor vote on this bill, with each legislator's individual vote. Click a name to see that rep's full record.

Who actually supports this bill?

Across the 1 recorded vote on this bill — counting each legislator's net direction and treating kill motions as opposing the bill — Republicans supported it ( 146 for , 23 against ) , and Democrats opposed it ( 5 for , 138 against ) .

"Supporting" means voting for passage OR voting against a kill motion. "Opposing" is the inverse. Concurs and amendment-only votes don't count.

Ought to Pass (passage vote) 2026-05-14

Failed

YES = Pass the bill. NO = Reject the bill.

146R + 5D

Voted to Pass (151)

23R + 138D

Voted Against (161)

Absent

Not voting

Show all 393 individual votes

Voted Yea (151)

Republicans (146)

Democrats (5)

Voted Nay (161)

Democrats (138)

Absent (52)

Alicia Gregg (D) , Arnold Davis (R) , Barbara Comtois (R) , Beth Richards (D) , Bill Bolton (D) , Catherine Sofikitis (D) , David Lundgren (R) , David Nagel (R) , David Preece (D) , Denise DeDe-Poulin (R) , Dick Thackston (R) , Donald McFarlane (R) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Heather Baldwin (D) , Jaci Grote (D) , Jean Jeudy (D) , Jeffrey Tenczar (R) , Jim Fedolfi (R) , Jim Kofalt (R) , Jodi Nelson (R) , John Suiter (R) , Jonah Wheeler (D) , Jose Cambrils (R) , Joseph Barton (R) , Joseph Guthrie (R) , Julie Gilman (D) , Katelyn Kuttab (R) , Kevin Verville (R) , Kimberly Rice (R) , Kristina Schultz (D) , Linda Haskins (D) , Loren Selig (D) , Lorie Ball (R) , Marjorie Smith (D) , Matthew Hicks (D) , Mike Bordes (R) , Mike Ouellet (R) , Myles England (D) , Paul Terry (R) , Peter Varney (R) , Raymond Peeples (R) , Richard Brown (R) , Robley Hall (R) , Sanjeev Manohar (D) , Sayra Devito (R) , Sean Durkin (R) , Steven Bogert (R) , Suzanne Vail (D) , Thomas Buco (D) , Tom Dolan (R) , Toni Weinstein (D) , Valerie McDonnell (R)

Did not vote (29)

Aidan Ankarberg (I) , Amy Malone (D) , Billie Butler (D) , Bryan Morse (R) , Buzz Scherr (D) , Cathryn Harvey (D) , Christopher Herbert (D) , Dan Bergeron (D) , Douglas Trottier (R) , Efstathia Booras (D) , Ernesto Gonzalez (R) , James MacKay (D) , James Roesener (D) , Jim Creighton (R) , John Stone (D) , Kevin Scully (R) , Mark Paige (D) , Michael Granger (R) , Paige Beauchemin (D) , Robert Harb (R) , Russell Dumais (R) , Santosh Salvi (D) , Sheri Minor (R) , Sherman Packard (R) , Steven Smith (R) , Susan Vandecasteele (R) , Terry Roy (R) , Tim Mannion (R) , Travis Corcoran (R)

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