2026 Regular Session
HB258
Provides for exceptions to the dual officeholding laws for volunteer firefighters and judicial branch employees
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.
Partner positions
Dislikes
This proposal weakens long-standing dual officeholding restrictions that exist to prevent conflicts of interest and preserve public trust. Expanding exceptions—particularly across branches of government—blurs the separation of powers and increases the risk of overlapping authority and influence. Even well-intentioned exceptions can erode the clear ethical boundaries necessary for accountable governance.
Recorded floor votes
5 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 258 FINAL PASSAGE (#167)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
95 yea–0 nay · 10 absent
April 29, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on HB 258 FINAL PASSAGE (#529)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
31 yea–0 nay · 8 absent
May 11, 2026 · House
House Vote on HB 258 REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1067)
Passed
87 yea–5 nay · 13 absent
June 1, 2026 · House
House Vote on HB 258 ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1853)
Passed
92 yea–0 nay · 13 absent
June 1, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on HB 258 ADOPT (#1655)
Passed
36 yea–0 nay · 3 absent
Committee referrals
March 31, 2026 · Senate
Governmental Affairs
February 23, 2026 · House
House and 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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House Effective date: 06/09/2026.
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House Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 790.
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House Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
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Senate Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/2/2026.
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House Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
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House Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
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Senate Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays. View roll call
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Senate Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report. View roll call
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House Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 92, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted. View roll call
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House Rules suspended.
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House Conference Committee report received.
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Senate Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
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House Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
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House Notice Senate recommitted the bill to Conference Committee.
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Senate Senate conference committee members appointed: Kleinpeter, Miller, and Talbot.
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Senate The Senate recommitted the report to the Conference Committee.
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Senate Notice House recommitted the report to the Conference Committee.
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House House conferees appointed: Beaullieu, Thomas, and Deshotel.
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House The House recommitted the bill to Conference Committee.
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House Notice Senate has discharged the Conference Committee
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House Notice of change of Senate conferees.
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Senate Notice the House discharged the Conference Committee.
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Senate Senate Conference Committee membership changed: Talbot vice Reese.
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House Discharged from Conference Committee.
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House Scheduled for floor debate on 05/29/2026.
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House Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.
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Senate Conference committee report received.
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House Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
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Senate Senate conference committee members appointed: Kleinpeter, Miller, and Reese.
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Senate Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
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Senate Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
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House House conferees appointed: Beaullieu, Thomas, and Deshotel.
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House Read by title, roll called, yeas 87, nays 5, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
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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 Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 31 yeas and 0 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 Senate and Governmental Affairs.
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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, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. View roll call
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House Scheduled for floor debate on 03/30/2026.
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House Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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House Reported favorably (8-4).
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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 First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
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House Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
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House Prefiled.