2025 Regular Session
SB8
Constitutional amendment to provide for persons in the unclassified service and for appointment of persons on the State Civil Service Commission. (2/3 - CA13s1(A))
Legislative progress
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This summary includes only completed milestones supported by recorded actions. It does not predict the next step, and it preserves later committee reassignments, concurrence, conference, veto, and approval actions when they occur.
Recorded floor votes
4 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
May 14, 2025 · Senate
Senate Vote on SB 8 FINAL PASSAGE (#262)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
28 yea–8 nay · 3 absent
June 9, 2025 · House
House Vote on SB 8 AMENDMENT # 4332 BY DEWITT MOTION TO ADOPT (#1047)
Failed
8 yea–88 nay · 9 absent
June 9, 2025 · House
House Vote on SB 8 FINAL PASSAGE (#1050)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
70 yea–28 nay · 7 absent
June 11, 2025 · Senate
Senate Vote on SB 8 CONCUR (#935)
Passed
28 yea–9 nay · 2 absent
Committee referrals
May 28, 2025 · House
Civil Law and Procedure
May 19, 2025 · House
House and Governmental Affairs
March 11, 2025 · Senate
Governmental Affairs
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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Senate Effective date: See Act.
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Senate Becomes Act No. 223
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Senate Sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/16/2025.
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House Signed by the Speaker of the House.
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Senate Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
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Senate Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 28 yeas and 9 nays. View roll call
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Senate Called from the Calendar.
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Senate Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
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Senate Received from the House with amendments.
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House Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 70, nays 28. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
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House Called from the calendar.
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House Read by title, returned to the calendar.
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House Called from the calendar.
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House Scheduled for floor debate on 06/09/2025.
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House Notice given.
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House Read by title, returned to the calendar.
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House Scheduled for floor debate on 06/08/2025.
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House Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
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House Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
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House Reported with amendments (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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House Read by title, amended, recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
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House Reported with amendments (9-4). To be recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
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House Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
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House Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
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Senate Read by title, passed by a vote of 28 yeas and 8 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. View roll call
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Senate Called from the Calendar.
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Senate Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
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Senate Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
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Senate Reported with amendments.
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Senate Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
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Senate Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.