ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT: Provides for instructions to elections commissioners. (7/1/27)
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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. · Feb 27, 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. · Apr 15, 2026
Senate
Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage. · Apr 20, 2026
Senate
Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call. · Apr 21, 2026
Senate
Called from the Calendar. · May 5, 2026
Senate
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. · May 5, 2026
Senate
Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules. · May 6, 2026
House
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs. · May 7, 2026
House
Reported favorably (7-2). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. · May 19, 2026
House
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. · May 20, 2026
House
Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. · May 25, 2026
House
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/26/2026. · May 25, 2026
House
Read by title, returned to the calendar. · May 26, 2026
House
Called from the calendar. · May 26, 2026
House
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 68, nays 30. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. · May 26, 2026
House
Received from the House without amendments. · May 26, 2026
Senate
Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. · May 27, 2026
Senate
Signed by the Speaker of the House. · May 27, 2026
House
Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. · May 28, 2026
Senate
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 5. · Jun 2, 2026
Senate
Effective date 7/1/2027. · Jun 2, 2026
Senate
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Thomas Pressly
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