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SB263Introduced in the Senate

House Substitute for SB 263 by Committee on Education - Establishing standards and requirements for active shooter drills conducted by public and accredited nonpublic elementary and secondary schools and regulating active shooter simulations.

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Official description

House Substitute for SB 263 by Committee on Education - Establishing standards and requirements for active shooter drills conducted by public and accredited nonpublic elementary and secondary schools and regulating active shooter simulations.

Where it stands

House Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Education

March 18, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

SenateStage: Senate Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended - Yea: 38 Nay: 1 · March 10, 2026

38

Yes

1

No

1

Absent or Not Voting

40 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
Scott Hill70Yes
Silas Miller86Yes
Craig Bowser1Yes
Marci Francisco2Yes
Rick Kloos3Yes
David Haley4Yes
Jeff Klemp5Yes
Pat Pettey6Yes
Ethan Corson7Yes
Cindy Holscher8Yes

Bill history

  1. Senate Introduced

  2. Senate Referred to Committee on Education

  3. Senate Hearing: Thursday, February 27, 2025, 1:30 PM Room 144-S

  4. Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Education

  5. Senate Withdrawn from Calendar; Referred to Committee on Ways and Means

  6. Senate Withdrawn from Committee on Ways and Means and referred to Committee of the Whole

  7. Senate Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

  8. Senate Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Sykes

  9. Senate Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Sykes was adopted

  10. Senate Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Dietrich

  11. Senate Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Dietrich was adopted

  12. Senate Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Claeys, Joseph

  13. Senate Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Claeys, Joseph was adopted

  14. Senate Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Claeys, Joseph

  15. Senate Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Claeys, Joseph was rejected

  16. Senate Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Claeys, Joseph

  17. Senate Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Claeys, Joseph was rejected

  18. Senate Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Claeys, Joseph

  19. Senate Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Claeys, Joseph was adopted

  20. Senate Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended

  21. Senate Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 38 Nay: 1

  22. House Received and Introduced

  23. House Referred to Committee on Education

  24. House Hearing: Friday, March 13, 2026, 1:30 PM Room 218-N

  25. House Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Education

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