COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES: Provides for the crime of "unlawful deepfake" to be added to the definition of power-based violence under the Campus Accountability and Safety Act. (gov sig)
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2026 Regular Session
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Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Education. · Feb 27, 2026
Senate
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Education. · Mar 9, 2026
Senate
Rules suspended. Reported with amendments. · Apr 22, 2026
Senate
Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage. · Apr 27, 2026
Senate
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. · Apr 28, 2026
Senate
Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules. · Apr 29, 2026
House
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education. · May 5, 2026
House
Reported with amendments (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. · May 12, 2026
House
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. · May 13, 2026
House
Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading. · May 18, 2026
House
Scheduled for floor debate on 05/19/2026. · May 18, 2026
House
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. · May 19, 2026
House
Received from the House with amendments. · May 19, 2026
Senate
Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call. · May 20, 2026
Senate
Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar. · May 20, 2026
Senate
Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays. · May 20, 2026
Senate
Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. · May 21, 2026
Senate
Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. · May 21, 2026
Senate
Signed by the Speaker of the House. · May 25, 2026
House
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 497. · May 29, 2026
Senate
Effective date 5/29/2026. · May 29, 2026
Senate
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Regina Ashford Barrow
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