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HB5078Introduced in the House

CIV PRO-GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE

EngrossedSenate Assignments

Introduced by Mary Canty, District 54

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: Deletes a provision providing that, absent any additional corroborating evidence, specified pieces of evidence may not, on its own or in combination with each other, be used to establish that the moving party's reporting of gender-based violence was done with knowledge that the report was false or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not. Provides that the motion created by the amendatory Act shall be available in all actions pending or commenced on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.

Where it stands

Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa

May 28, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

HouseStage: House Third Reading · April 15, 2026

78

Yes

30

No

4

Absent or Not Voting

112 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
Aaron Ortiz1Yes
Elizabeth Hernandez2Yes
Eva Dina Delgado3Yes
Lilian Jimenez4Yes
Kimberly Du Buclet5Yes
Sonya Harper6Yes
Emanuel Welch7Yes
Yolanda Morris9Yes
Jawaharial Williams10Yes
Ann Williams11Yes

Bill history

  1. Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mary Beth Canty

  2. First Reading

  3. Referred to Rules Committee

  4. Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee

  5. Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 013-007-000

  6. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  7. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mary Beth Canty

  8. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee

  9. Second Reading - Short Debate

  10. Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate

  11. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe

  12. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee

  13. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Civil Committee; 011-007-000

  14. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Briel

  15. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal

  16. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez

  17. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz

  18. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted

  19. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  20. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy

  21. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer

  22. Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 078-030-000

  23. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl

  24. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicolle Grasse

  25. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martha Deuter

  26. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias

  27. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper

  28. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung

  29. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Yolonda Morris

  30. Arrive in Senate

  31. Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading

  32. Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen

  33. First Reading

  34. Referred to Assignments

  35. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy

  36. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez

  37. Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa

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