2026 Regular Session
HB436
Authorizes the appointment of veterans as wardens at state and municipal parks
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 expands law enforcement authority to a broadly defined class of “veterans” without clearly establishing minimum training, certification, or background standards. It also fails to distinguish between honorable and dishonorable service, raising concerns about who may be granted police powers. Granting arrest authority without clear qualifications risks undermining professionalism, accountability, and public trust.
Recorded floor votes
2 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
April 7, 2026 · House
House Vote on HB 436 FINAL PASSAGE (#337)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
98 yea–0 nay · 7 absent
May 6, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on HB 436 FINAL PASSAGE (#627)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
37 yea–0 nay · 2 absent
Committee referrals
April 8, 2026 · Senate
Judiciary B
February 25, 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: 08/01/2026.
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House Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 73.
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Senate Signed by the President of the Senate on 5/7/2026.
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House Sent to the Governor for executive approval.
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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 37 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 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 B.
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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 98, nays 0. 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 04/07/2026.
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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 (16-0).
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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 2/27/2026.
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House Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
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House Prefiled.