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SB391Introduced in the Senate

Prohibiting cities and counties from adopting or enforcing any ordinance or resolution that requires landlords to lease housing to tenants receiving financial assistance from or through the housing choice voucher program or any other housing assistance program or that otherwise restricts a landlord's ability to consider the income source of a prospective tenant.

Passed

Introduced by Federal and State Affairs

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Prohibiting cities and counties from adopting or enforcing any ordinance or resolution that requires landlords to lease housing to tenants receiving financial assistance from or through the housing choice voucher program or any other housing assistance program or that otherwise restricts a landlord's ability to consider the income source of a prospective tenant.

Where it stands

House Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea: 85 Nay: 38

April 10, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

3 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

3 recorded votes · each counted separately

HouseStage: House Motion to override veto prevailed - Yea: 85 Nay: 38 · April 10, 2026

85

Yes

38

No

2

Absent or Not Voting

125 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
Dale Helwig1Yes
Kenneth Collins2Yes
Charles Smith3Yes
Rick James4Yes
Courtney Sappington5Yes
Samantha Poetter Parshall6Yes
Dan Goddard7Yes
Chris Croft8Yes
Fred Gardner9Yes
Suzanne Wikle10No

Bill history

  1. Senate Introduced

  2. Senate Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs

  3. Senate Hearing: Thursday, February 5, 2026, 10:30 AM Room 144-S

  4. Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Federal and State Affairs

  5. Senate Committee of the Whole - Be passed

  6. Senate Final Action - Passed; Yea: 31 Nay: 9

  7. House Received and Introduced

  8. House Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs

  9. House Hearing: Thursday, March 5, 2026, 9:00 AM Room 346-S

  10. House Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Federal and State Affairs

  11. House Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

  12. House Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended

  13. House Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 75 Nay: 49

  14. Senate Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Senator Thompson , Senator Blew and Senator Faust Goudeau as conferees

  15. House Motion to accede adopted; Representative Kessler, Representative Schmoe and Representative Meyer appointed as conferees

  16. House Conference committee report now available

  17. House Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Representative Kessler, Representative Schmoe and Representative Meyer appointed as second conferees

  18. Senate Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Senator Thompson, Senator Blew and Senator Faust Goudeau appointed as second conferees

  19. House Conference committee report now available

  20. House Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 76 Nay: 48

  21. Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 29 Nay: 11

  22. Senate Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 30, 2026

  23. Senate Vetoed by Governor; Returned to Senate on Wednesday, April 8, 2026

  24. Senate Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea: 31 Nay: 8

  25. House Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea: 85 Nay: 38

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