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HB385Introduced in the House

Provides, under specified circumstances, for repayment of a Taylor Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) award (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Introduced

Introduced by Dennis Bamburg, District 5

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Provides, under specified circumstances, for repayment of a Taylor Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) award (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Where it stands

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 38, nays 62. Failed to pass.

April 21, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

HouseStage: House Vote on HB 385 FINAL PASSAGE (#633) · April 21, 2026

37

Yes

63

No

5

Absent or Not Voting

105 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
Danny McCormick1Yes
Steven Jackson2No
Tammy Phelps3No
Joy Walters4No
Dennis Bamburg5Yes
Michael Melerine6No
Lawrence Bagley7Yes
Raymond Crews8Yes
Dodie Horton9Yes
Wayne McMahen10Yes

Bill history

  1. Prefiled.

  2. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Education.

  3. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

  4. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.

  5. Reported with amendments (6-5).

  6. Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  7. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/21/2026.

  8. Read by title, amended, returned to the calendar.

  9. Called from the calendar.

  10. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 38, nays 62. Failed to pass.

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