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2026-63 • Regular AgendaCity of Seabrook (Harris County)
Discuss Senate Bill 785, approved into law on June 22, 2025, and effective September 1, 2026, relating to the regulation of new HUD-code manufactured housing and potential impacts on the City’s zoning and development regulations.
Presented in: City of Seabrook City Council - February 17, 2026 on 2026-02-17
Official Roll-Call Vote
Expands Gov't • 7.1/10 Impact Weight
PASSED (1 - 0)
“Motion to approve: Discuss Senate Bill 785, approved into law on June 22, 2025, and effective September 1, 2026, relating to the regulation of new HUD-code manufactured housing and potential impacts on the City’s zoning”
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Jim Sweeney
Mayor
YES
Staff Report & Agenda Item Details
Discuss Senate Bill 785, approved into law on June 22, 2025, and effective September 1, 2026, relating to the regulation of new HUD-code manufactured housing and potential impacts on the City’s zoning and development regulations.
Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis
This motion is scored as EXPANDS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 7.1/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, measures that increase tax rates or fee schedules, issue new debt or Certificates of Obligation, expand regulatory/zoning restrictions on private land use, or authorize unbudgeted spending expansions reduce an official's Freedom Score when voted YES (and reward dissenting NO votes).