2026 Regular Session
HB868
Provides relative to the requirement that trailers have approved safety chains while being towed by certain vehicles
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.
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 14, 2026 · House
House Vote on HB 868 FINAL PASSAGE (#511)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
96 yea–1 nay · 8 absent
May 20, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on HB 868 FINAL PASSAGE (#1083)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
36 yea–0 nay · 3 absent
Committee referrals
April 20, 2026 · Senate
Transportation, Highways & Public Works
February 27, 2026 · House
Transportation, Highways and Public Works
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 Becomes Act No. 778 without the Governor's signature.
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House Received from the Senate without amendments.
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House Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
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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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Senate Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 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 Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
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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 96, nays 1. 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 04/14/2026.
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House Notice given.
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House Read by title, returned to the calendar.
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House Called from the calendar.
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House Scheduled for floor debate on 04/09/2026.
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House Notice given.
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House Read by title, returned to the calendar.
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House Called from the calendar.
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House Scheduled for floor debate on 03/30/2026.
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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 03/23/2026.
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House Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
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House Reported with amendments (14-0).
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House Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
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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 Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
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House Prefiled.