2026 Regular Session
HB39
Requires peace officers to be citizens of the United States
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
Likes
GENERAL OBJECTION: Terms in state law should not be defined by their meaning under federal law.
No public reasoning provided.
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 15, 2026 · House
House Vote on HB 39 FINAL PASSAGE (#553)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
65 yea–24 nay · 16 absent
May 11, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on HB 39 CO-AUTHORS (#726)
Passed
9 yea–0 nay · 30 absent
May 11, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on HB 39 FINAL PASSAGE (#725)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
29 yea–7 nay · 3 absent
May 13, 2026 · House
House Vote on HB 39 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1227)
Passed
74 yea–22 nay · 9 absent
Committee referrals
April 20, 2026 · Senate
Judiciary B
January 22, 2026 · House
Judiciary
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: See Act.
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House Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 283.
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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 74, nays 22, Senate amendments concurred in.
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House Scheduled for concurrence on 05/13/2026.
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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 29 yeas and 7 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
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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 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, roll called on final passage, yeas 65, nays 24. 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 Read by title, returned to the calendar.
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House Scheduled for floor debate on 04/15/2026.
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House Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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House Reported with amendments (12-0).
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House Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
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House First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 1/23/2026.
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House Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
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House Prefiled.