2026 Regular Session
HB55
Provides relative to disclosure of juror information (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)
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
ANTI-TRANSPARENCY: Transparency is a cornerstone of public confidence in the justice system, and jury proceedings have historically been conducted in open court for that reason. A blanket prohibition on disclosing juror identities unnecessarily restricts public oversight and shields a critical part of the judicial process from scrutiny. While juror safety is important, this measure goes too far by sacrificing transparency without a demonstrated need.
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 21, 2026 · House
House Vote on HB 55 FINAL PASSAGE (#611)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
94 yea–2 nay · 9 absent
May 13, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on HB 55 FINAL PASSAGE (#867)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
33 yea–0 nay · 6 absent
Committee referrals
April 27, 2026 · Senate
Judiciary C
March 31, 2026 · House
House and Governmental Affairs
January 30, 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. 284.
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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 Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 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 Rules suspended. 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 94, nays 2. 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 04/21/2026.
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House Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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House Reported with amendments (10-0).
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House Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
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House Reported with amendments (10-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
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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 1/30/2026.
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House Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
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House Prefiled.