2026 Regular Session
HB294
Provides places of worship the right to remove disruptive individuals
Legislative progress
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Partner positions
Likes
No public reasoning provided.
No public reasoning provided.
Dislikes
This measure expands use-of-force and immunity provisions into an area already governed by existing trespass and self-defense laws. By creating special protections tied to a specific type of property, it risks unnecessary duplication while expanding immunity in ways that may have unintended consequences.
Recorded floor votes
4 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
April 9, 2026 · House
House Vote on HB 294 MODIFY TIME LIMITS (#391)
Failed
27 yea–57 nay · 21 absent
April 9, 2026 · House
House Vote on HB 294 FINAL PASSAGE (#392)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
75 yea–25 nay · 5 absent
May 5, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on HB 294 FINAL PASSAGE (#602)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
26 yea–9 nay · 4 absent
May 11, 2026 · House
House Vote on HB 294 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1082)
Passed
71 yea–29 nay · 5 absent
Committee referrals
April 14, 2026 · Senate
Judiciary C
February 24, 2026 · House
Administration of Criminal Justice
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. 148.
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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 71, nays 29, 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 Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 26 yeas and 9 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 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 C.
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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 75, nays 25. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
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House Scheduled for floor debate on 04/09/2026.
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House Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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House Reported with amendments (10-2).
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House Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
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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 Administration of Criminal Justice.
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House Prefiled.