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S0500Introduced in the Senate

Security for Statewide Constitutional Office Candidates

Introduced

Introduced by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to provide certain candidates with a protective security detail for a specified time period, etc.

Where it stands

Died on Calendar

March 13, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

SenateStage: Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice · February 25, 2026

5

Yes

2

No

1

Absent or Not Voting

8 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

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See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Corey Simon3Yes
Clay Yarborough4Yes
Tommy Wright8Yes
Carlos Smith17Yes
Tina Polsky30No
Rosalind Osgood32No
Jonathan Martin33Absent
Ileana Garcia36Yes

Bill history

  1. Filed

  2. Referred to Ethics and Elections; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy

  3. On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 01/13/26, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building

  4. Favorable by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 6 NAYS 2

  5. Introduced

  6. Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

  7. On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 02/25/26, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building

  8. CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 5 NAYS 2

  9. Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

  10. CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice read 1st time

  11. Original reference(s) removed: Fiscal Policy

  12. Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading

  13. Died on Calendar

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