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SB149Introduced in the Senate

Provides relative to the issuance and sale of general obligation bonds. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Passed

Introduced by Franklin Foil, District 16

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Provides relative to the issuance and sale of general obligation bonds. (gov sig) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Where it stands

Effective date 6/2/2026.

June 2, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

3 recorded votes · each counted separately

HouseStage: House Vote on SB 149 ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1794) · May 31, 2026

97

Yes

0

No

8

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 Jackson2Yes
Tammy Phelps3Yes
Joy Walters4Absent
Dennis Bamburg5Yes
Michael Melerine6Yes
Lawrence Bagley7Absent
Raymond Crews8Yes
Dodie Horton9Yes
Wayne McMahen10Yes

Bill history

  1. Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.

  2. Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.

  3. Reported with amendments.

  4. Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

  5. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  6. Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.

  7. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

  8. Reported with amendments (12-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  9. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

  10. Read by title, amended, passed to 3rd reading.

  11. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/28/2026.

  12. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

  13. Received from the House with amendments.

  14. Amendments proposed by the House read and rejected by a vote of 31 yeas and 0 nays.

  15. Notice of Senate rejecting House amendments.

  16. Senate conference committee members appointed: Foil, Lambert, and Wheat.

  17. Notice of Senate conferees appointed.

  18. House conferees appointed: Bacala, Brass, and Orgeron.

  19. Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.

  20. Conference committee report received.

  21. Conference Committee report received. Lies over under the rules.

  22. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/29/2026.

  23. Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.

  24. Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.

  25. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/31/2026.

  26. Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.

  27. Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.

  28. Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  29. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

  30. Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate.

  31. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 741.

  32. Effective date 6/2/2026.

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