2026 Regular Session
HB310
Provides for the reassignment of a defendant's case when the right to a jury trial has been waived
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 measure creates an inconsistent process across judicial districts by limiting random reassignment to courts with three or more judges, leaving smaller districts without the same safeguard. Even where reassignment is available, allowing the prosecution to override it risks the case remaining before the same judge, undermining the purpose of random assignment. Judge selection should be uniform, neutral, and not subject to manipulation or geographic variation. Requires a constitutional amendment.
Needs to be randomly allowed between ALL JUDGES and MUST apply to ALL judicial districts. A constitutional amendment is necessary.
Recorded floor votes
5 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 310 MODIFY TIME LIMITS (#395)
Failed
38 yea–46 nay · 21 absent
April 9, 2026 · House
House Vote on HB 310 FINAL PASSAGE (#396)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
50 yea–49 nay · 6 absent
April 21, 2026 · House
House Vote on HB 310 SUSPEND THE RULES (#637)
Passed
47 yea–38 nay · 20 absent
April 21, 2026 · House
House Vote on HB 310 FINAL PASSAGE (#640)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
57 yea–36 nay · 12 absent
May 26, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on HB 310 FINAL PASSAGE (#1366)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
27 yea–11 nay · 1 absent
Committee referrals
April 27, 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. 541.
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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 27 yeas and 11 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. View roll call
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Senate Rules suspended. 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 Rules suspended.
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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, roll called on final passage, yeas 57, nays 36. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
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House Called from the calendar.
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House Scheduled for floor debate on 04/21/2026.
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House Notice given.
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House Read by title, returned to the calendar.
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House Called from the calendar.
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House Scheduled for floor debate on 04/20/2026.
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House Notice given.
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House Read by title, reconsidered, returned to the calendar, under the rules.
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House Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 50, nays 49. Failed to pass, motion to reconsider pending.
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House Scheduled for floor debate on 04/09/2026.
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House Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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House Reported favorably (9-3).
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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.