2026 Regular Session
HB1253
Enacts the Gracey Claire Rushing Act to provide for documentation, notification, and communication in the handling and disposition of human remains and internal organs (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Legislative progress
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Partner positions
Likes
No public reasoning provided.
Recorded floor votes
3 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
May 11, 2026 · House
House Vote on HB 1253 FINAL PASSAGE (#1101)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
99 yea–0 nay · 6 absent
May 27, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on HB 1253 FINAL PASSAGE (#1469)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
37 yea–0 nay · 2 absent
May 27, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on HB 1253 CO-AUTHORS (#1470)
Passed
11 yea–0 nay · 28 absent
Committee referrals
May 13, 2026 · Senate
Judiciary B
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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House Effective date: 01/01/2027.
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House Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 727.
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House Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
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Senate Signed by the President of the Senate.
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House Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
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House Received from the Senate without amendments.
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Senate Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
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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 Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
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Senate Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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Senate Reported favorably.
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Senate Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary B.
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Senate Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
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House Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. View roll call
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House Scheduled for floor debate on 05/11/2026.
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House Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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House Read by title, substitute title adopted, lies over in the same order of business, substitute for HB No. 454 reported by the Committee on Judiciary (14-0).
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House Read by title.