2026 Regular Session
HB663
Modifies the composition of the board of the commissioners of the Delta Economic Research and Sustainability District
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
GENERAL OBJECTION TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS Economic development districts already represent an expansion of specialized governmental authority, often operating with independent funding and limited oversight. Modifying the composition of their governing boards does not address these underlying concerns and instead further entrenches a fragmented system of governance. The legislature should focus on evaluating the necessity and accountability of such districts rather than refining their structure.
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 15, 2026 · House
House Vote on HB 663 FINAL PASSAGE (#541)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
96 yea–0 nay · 9 absent
May 21, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on HB 663 FINAL PASSAGE (#1143)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
35 yea–0 nay · 4 absent
Committee referrals
April 20, 2026 · Senate
Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development
February 27, 2026 · House
Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development
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. 560.
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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 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 Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development.
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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 96, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate. View roll call
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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 (13-0).
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House Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development.
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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 Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development.
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House Prefiled.