2026 Regular Session
SB237
Provides relative to child welfare. (8/1/26) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
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
5 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
May 7, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on SB 237 FINAL PASSAGE (#653)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
32 yea–0 nay · 7 absent
May 7, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on SB 237 CO-AUTHORS (#654)
Passed
8 yea–0 nay · 31 absent
May 31, 2026 · House
House Vote on SB 237 MOTION TO CONSIDER AFTER 82ND DAY (#1810)
Passed
89 yea–1 nay · 15 absent
June 1, 2026 · Senate
Senate Vote on SB 237 MOTION TO CONSIDER (#1609)
Passed
36 yea–0 nay · 3 absent
June 1, 2026 · House
House Vote on SB 237 FINAL PASSAGE (#1848)
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
97 yea–2 nay · 6 absent
Committee referrals
May 25, 2026 · House
Appropriations
May 12, 2026 · House
Health and Welfare
April 29, 2026 · Senate
Finance
February 26, 2026 · Senate
Health & Welfare
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 6/22/2026.
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Senate Becomes Act No. 960 without the Governor's signature.
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Senate Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/2/2026.
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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 on 6/2/2026.
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Senate Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays. View roll call
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Senate Received from the House with amendments.
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House Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 2. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. View roll call
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House Called from the calendar.
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House Notice Senate approved consideration after the 82nd calendar day.
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Senate Read by title. The Senate approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 82nd calendar day by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays. View roll call
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Senate Notice House approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 82nd calendar day.
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House By a vote of 89 yeas, 1 nays, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, the House approved consideration after the 82nd calendar day. View roll call
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House Read by title, returned to the calendar.
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House Scheduled for floor debate on 05/29/2026.
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House Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.
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House Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
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House Reported with amendments (10-9). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
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House Read by title, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
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House Rules suspended.
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House Reported with amendments (10-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
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House Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
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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 Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays; ordered re-reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
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Senate Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered reengrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
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Senate Reported with amendments.
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Senate Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
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Senate Reported with amendments.
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Senate Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
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Senate Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.