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HB446Introduced in the House

(Constitutional Amendment) Provides for eligible election dates for bond and tax elections (RE SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

EngrossedSenate Governmental Affairs

Introduced by Chad Boyer, District 46

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(Constitutional Amendment) Provides for eligible election dates for bond and tax elections (RE SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

Where it stands

Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.

April 22, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

HouseStage: House Vote on HB 446 FINAL PASSAGE (#581) · April 20, 2026

93

Yes

0

No

12

Absent or Not Voting

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RepresentativeDistrictVote
Danny McCormick1Yes
Steven Jackson2Absent
Tammy Phelps3Yes
Joy Walters4Absent
Dennis Bamburg5Yes
Michael Melerine6Yes
Lawrence Bagley7Yes
Raymond Crews8Yes
Dodie Horton9Yes
Wayne McMahen10Absent

Bill history

  1. Prefiled.

  2. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

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

  4. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

  5. Reported favorably (10-0. To be recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

  6. Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

  7. Reported without amendments (7-0).

  8. Read by title, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  9. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/20/2026.

  10. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 93, nays 0. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  11. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

  12. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.

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