2026 Regular Session
HB661
Provides an exception for hiring the immediate family member of a school board member or superintendent for certain positions
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 weakens existing nepotism protections by creating additional exceptions for hiring immediate family members within the same governing authority. Even with recusal provisions, the appearance and risk of favoritism remain, undermining public confidence in fair hiring practices. Ethics laws should be strengthened—not diluted through incremental exceptions.
Recorded floor votes
3 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
March 30, 2026 · House
House Vote on HB 661 FINAL PASSAGE (#177)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
94 yea–0 nay · 11 absent
May 5, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on HB 661 FINAL PASSAGE (#567)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
35 yea–0 nay · 4 absent
May 11, 2026 · House
House Vote on HB 661 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1085)
Passed
99 yea–0 nay · 6 absent
Committee referrals
April 1, 2026 · Senate
Governmental Affairs
February 27, 2026 · House
House and Governmental Affairs
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. 169.
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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 99, nays 0, 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 35 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 Senate and Governmental Affairs.
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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, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. View roll call
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House Scheduled for floor debate on 03/30/2026.
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House Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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House Reported favorably (12-0).
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House Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
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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 House and Governmental Affairs.
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House Prefiled.