PUBLIC MEETINGS: Provides for electronic voting requirements under the Open Meetings Law. (8/1/26)
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2026 Regular Session
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Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. · Jan 12, 2026
Senate
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs. · Mar 9, 2026
Senate
Reported with amendments. · Mar 25, 2026
Senate
Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage. · Mar 30, 2026
Senate
Read by title, passed by a vote of 30 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. · Mar 31, 2026
Senate
Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules. · Mar 31, 2026
House
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. · Apr 1, 2026
House
Reported favorably (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. · Apr 28, 2026
House
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. · Apr 29, 2026
House
Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. · May 5, 2026
House
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2026. · May 6, 2026
House
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 88, nays 4. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. · May 7, 2026
House
Received from the House without amendments. · May 11, 2026
Senate
Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. · May 12, 2026
Senate
Signed by the Speaker of the House. · May 12, 2026
House
Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. · May 13, 2026
Senate
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 220. · May 15, 2026
Senate
Effective date 8/1/2026. · May 15, 2026
Senate
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Samuel Jenkins
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