Charles Perry
SB 14 status: Introduced — Effective on 1/1/26 (updated Sep 17, 2025).
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OpenStates
Confidence
Low
Analysis basis
OpenStates summary
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Overall Score
Bill summary
Local governments gain the authority to provide builders and developers with credits against impact fees for implementing water conservation and reuse projects.
Local government entities, construction companies, and commercial/residential property developers.
Builders must incorporate approved water conservation or reuse technology into their projects to qualify for fee discounts.
Direct reduction in revenue from impact fees collected by municipalities; costs of project implementation for developers.
Effective on 1/1/26.
Provides an economic incentive for developers to build more water-resilient projects and reduces local water demand.
Potential loss of essential municipal revenue and the administrative complexity of verifying water-saving claims.
The specific water-saving criteria that will qualify for the credits and whether the program will result in actual long-term net water savings.
Modeled effects across six domains, estimated from bill text and comparable legislation.
Positive outlook
Positive outlook
No direct effect
Neutral — no direct effect identified.
No direct effect
Neutral — no direct effect identified.
No direct effect
Neutral — no direct effect identified.
No direct effect
Neutral — no direct effect identified.
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Source
OpenStates
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Confidence
Low
Information is limited or incomplete.
Analysis basis
OpenStates summary
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Source note
The effectiveness of the bill depends entirely on the willingness of local governments to adopt and administer these fee credits.
Analysis scope
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