2026 Regular Session
HB185
Provides relative to the definition of an independent contractor (EN DECREASE SD EX 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.
March 30, 2026 · House
House Vote on HB 185 FINAL PASSAGE (#201)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
70 yea–28 nay · 7 absent
May 6, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on HB 185 FINAL PASSAGE (#640)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
27 yea–10 nay · 2 absent
May 11, 2026 · House
House Vote on HB 185 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1077)
Passed
77 yea–22 nay · 6 absent
Committee referrals
April 1, 2026 · Senate
Labor & Industrial Relations
February 18, 2026 · House
Labor and Industrial Relations
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: 08/01/2026.
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House Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 133.
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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 Read by title, roll called, yeas 77, nays 22, Senate amendments concurred in.
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House Scheduled for concurrence on 05/11/2026.
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House Received from the Senate with amendments.
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Senate The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 10 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. View roll 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 Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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Senate Reported with amendments.
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Senate Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.
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Senate Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. 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 70, nays 28. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. View roll call
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House Called from the calendar.
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House Scheduled for floor debate on 03/30/2026.
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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 03/26/2026.
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House Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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House Reported with amendments (6-4).
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House Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.
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House First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/20/2026.
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House Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.
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House Prefiled.