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HB1003Introduced in the House

Boards and commissions.

Passed

Introduced by Steve Bartels, District 74

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Boards and commissions. Creates the agricultural promotion and regulation task force to study various agriculture related topics. Makes changes to requirements for the readoption of administrative rules. Repeals, merges, consolidates, or otherwise modifies various boards, commissions, and other governmental bodies. Modifies or establishes various funds. Makes changes to the membership, duties, and operations of various boards, commissions, and other governmental bodies. Expands the applicability of a statute concerning county hospital governance to Perry County, Spencer County, and Orange County. Repeals the fire prevention and building safety commission (commission). Transfers the commission's responsibilities and administrative rules to the department of homeland security. Makes certain changes to the administration of building and safety statutes and building and safety codes. Makes technical corrections. Makes an appropriation.

Where it stands

Public Law 152

March 12, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

4 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

HouseStage: House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 · February 27, 2026

69

Yes

28

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
Carolyn Jackson1No
Earl Harris2No
Ragen Hatcher3No
Edmond Soliday4Yes
Dale DeVon5Yes
Maureen Bauer6No
Jake Teshka7Yes
Ryan Dvorak8No
Randy Novak9No
Charles Moseley10No

Bill history

  1. Coauthored by Representative Miller D

  2. Authored by Representative Bartels

  3. First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform

  4. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  5. Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3

  6. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  7. Representatives Pierce K, Dant Chesser added as coauthors

  8. Amendment #2 (Bartels) prevailed; voice vote

  9. Amendment #3 (Bartels) prevailed; voice vote

  10. Amendment #9 (Harris) prevailed; voice vote

  11. Amendment #10 (Harris) prevailed; voice vote

  12. Amendment #5 (Clere) prevailed; voice vote

  13. Amendment #12 (Campbell) failed; voice vote

  14. Amendment #13 (Campbell) failed; Roll Call 151: yeas 31, nays 62

  15. Amendment #8 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 152: yeas 39, nays 53

  16. Amendment #7 (Pryor) prevailed; voice vote

  17. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  18. Senate sponsors: Senators Maxwell, Garten, Baldwin

  19. Cosponsor: Senator Freeman

  20. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 188: yeas 67, nays 29

  21. Referred to the Senate

  22. First reading: referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure

  23. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  24. Amendment #3 (Maxwell) prevailed; voice vote

  25. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  26. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 224: yeas 47, nays 1

  27. Senator Niezgodski added as cosponsor

  28. Returned to the House with amendments

  29. Motion to dissent filed

  30. House dissented from Senate amendments

  31. House conferees appointed: Bartels, Pryor

  32. House advisors appointed: Miller D, Pierce K, Lehman, Campbell, DeLaney, Harris, Hatcher

  33. Senate conferees appointed: Maxwell, Niezgodski

  34. Senate advisors appointed: Bray, Yoder

  35. Representative Pryor removed as conferee

  36. Representative McNamara added as conferee

  37. CCR # 1 filed in the House

  38. CCR # 1 filed in the Senate

  39. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 326: yeas 43, nays 3

  40. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 422: yeas 69, nays 28

  41. Signed by the President of the Senate

  42. Signed by the Speaker

  43. Signed by the President Pro Tempore

  44. Signed by the Governor

  45. Public Law 152

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