2026 Regular Session
SB161
Removes certain employment eligibility requirements for certain unclassified state employees relative to the registration of motor vehicles. (8/1/26)
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.
March 31, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on SB 161 FINAL PASSAGE (#218)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
28 yea–7 nay · 4 absent
May 7, 2026 · House
House Vote on SB 161 FINAL PASSAGE (#1006)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
95 yea–2 nay · 8 absent
Committee referrals
April 1, 2026 · House
House and Governmental Affairs
February 25, 2026 · Senate
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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Senate Effective date 5/23/2026.
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Senate Becomes Act No. 408 without the Governor's signature.
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Senate Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.
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House Signed by the Speaker of the House.
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Senate Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
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Senate Received from the House without amendments.
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House Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 2. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. View roll call
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House Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2026.
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House Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
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House Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
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House Reported favorably (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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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 Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
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Senate Read by title, passed by a vote of 28 yeas and 7 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. View roll call
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Senate Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
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Senate Reported favorably.
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Senate Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.
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Senate Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.