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SB237Introduced in the Senate

Provides relative to child welfare. (8/1/26) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Passed

Introduced by Regina Barrow, District 15

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Provides relative to child welfare. (8/1/26) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Where it stands

Effective date 6/23/2026.

June 23, 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 237 FINAL PASSAGE (#1848) · June 1, 2026

97

Yes

2

No

6

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 Health and Welfare.

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

  3. Reported with amendments.

  4. Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.

  5. Reported with amendments.

  6. Read by title; Committee amendments read and adopted. Ordered reengrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

  7. Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 32 yeas and 0 nays; ordered re-reengrossed and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

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

  9. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.

  10. Reported with amendments (10-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.

  11. Rules suspended.

  12. Read by title, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.

  13. Reported with amendments (10-9). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  14. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

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

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

  17. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  18. By a vote of 89 yeas, 1 nays, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, the House approved consideration after the 82nd calendar day.

  19. Notice House approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 82nd calendar day.

  20. Read by title. The Senate approved consideration after 6:00 p.m. on the 82nd calendar day by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.

  21. Notice Senate approved consideration after the 82nd calendar day.

  22. Called from the calendar.

  23. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 2. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

  24. Received from the House with amendments.

  25. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays.

  26. Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/2/2026.

  27. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

  28. Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 6/2/2026.

  29. Becomes Act No. 960 without the Governor's signature.

  30. Effective date 6/23/2026.

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