2026 Regular Session
HB682
Provides for certain veterans to work as school guardians at public schools
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 the role of school resource officers beyond trained peace officers to a broadly defined class of “veterans,” without requiring clear law enforcement certification or specialized training. The definition of “veteran” is overly broad and does not distinguish between honorable and dishonorable discharges, raising concerns about who may be placed in positions of authority within schools. Student safety requires properly trained and vetted professionals—not expanded eligibility without meaningful safeguards.
Recorded floor votes
4 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
May 11, 2026 · House
House Vote on HB 682 FINAL PASSAGE (#1135)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
94 yea–0 nay · 11 absent
May 27, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on HB 682 FINAL PASSAGE (#1443)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
33 yea–0 nay · 6 absent
May 27, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on HB 682 FINAL PASSAGE (#1445)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
35 yea–0 nay · 4 absent
May 29, 2026 · House
House Vote on HB 682 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1734)
Passed
94 yea–0 nay · 11 absent
Committee referrals
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. 823.
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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 94, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
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House Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.
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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.
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Senate Reconsidered.
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Senate Rules suspended.
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Senate Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 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 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 Education.
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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, 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 Called from the calendar.
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House Scheduled for floor debate on 05/11/2026.
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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 04/09/2026.
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House Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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House Reported with amendments (11-0).
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House Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
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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 Education.
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House Prefiled.