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SF27Introduced in the Senate

A bill for an act relating to required information in the electronic database used by the department of transportation and law enforcement to access registration, titling, and driver's license information.

Engrossed

Introduced by Mike Klimesh, District 32

What does this bill do?

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Official description

A bill for an act relating to required information in the electronic database used by the department of transportation and law enforcement to access registration, titling, and driver's license information.

Where it stands

Message from House, with amendment S-5069. S.J. 479.

March 5, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

HouseStage: Shall the bill pass? · March 4, 2026

97

Yes

0

No

3

Absent or Not Voting

100 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each representative voted

RepresentativeDistrictVote
J.D. Scholten1Yes
Robert Henderson2Yes
Thomas Jeneary3Yes
Skyler Wheeler4Yes
Zachary Dieken5Yes
Megan Hess Jones6Yes
Wendy Larson7Yes
Ann Meyer8Yes
Henry Stone9Yes
John Wills10Yes

Bill history

  1. Introduced, referred to Transportation. S.J. 67.

  2. Subcommittee: Klimesh, Bennett, and Warme. S.J. 90.

  3. Subcommittee Meeting: 01/21/2025 1:30PM Senate Lounge.

  4. Subcommittee recommends passage.

  5. Committee report, recommending passage. S.J. 198.

  6. Placed on calendar.

  7. Passed Senate, yeas 47, nays 0. S.J. 573.

  8. Immediate message. S.J. 577.

  9. Message from Senate. H.J. 722.

  10. Read first time, referred to Transportation. H.J. 749.

  11. Subcommittee: Jeneary, Kressig and Meggers. H.J. 852.

  12. Subcommittee Meeting: 03/31/2025 12:45PM House Lounge.

  13. Subcommittee recommends passage.

  14. Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 879.

  15. Committee vote: Yeas, 19. Nays, 0. Excused, 2. H.J. 879.

  16. Placed on calendar. H.J. 879.

  17. Placed on calendar under unfinished business. H.J. 928.

  18. Rereferred to Transportation. H.J. 1222.

  19. Subcommittee: Jeneary, Cooling and Meggers. H.J. 126.

  20. Subcommittee reassigned: Meggers, Cooling and Wood. H.J. 146.

  21. Subcommittee Meeting: 02/04/2026 8:15AM RM 102.

  22. Subcommittee recommends passage.

  23. Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 288.

  24. Committee vote: Yeas, 20. Nays, 0. Excused, 1. H.J. 288.

  25. Placed on calendar. H.J. 288.

  26. Amendment H-8107 filed. H.J. 525.

  27. Amendment H-8107 adopted. H.J. 543.

  28. Passed House, yeas 97, nays 0. H.J. 543.

  29. Immediate message. H.J. 569.

  30. Message from House, with amendment S-5069. S.J. 479.

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