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SB312Introduced in the Senate

Provides relative to union dues and fees for certain public employees. (8/1/26)

Passed

Introduced by Kirk Talbot, District 10

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Provides relative to union dues and fees for certain public employees. (8/1/26)

Where it stands

Effective date 8/1/2026.

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 312 ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1798) · May 31, 2026

62

Yes

32

No

11

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 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 Labor and Industrial Relations.

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

  3. Reported with amendments.

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

  5. Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

  6. Called from the Calendar.

  7. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays; ordered 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 Labor and Industrial Relations.

  10. Reported with amendments (7-4). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  11. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

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

  13. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/27/2026.

  14. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 60, nays 38. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

  15. Received from the House with amendments.

  16. Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

  17. Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.

  18. Amendments proposed by the House read and rejected by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays.

  19. Notice of Senate rejecting House amendments.

  20. Senate conference committee members appointed: Talbot, Lambert, and Seabaugh.

  21. House conferees appointed: Melerine, Crews, and Echols.

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

  23. Conference committee report received.

  24. Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.

  25. Notice of Senate conferees appointed.

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

  27. Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 25 yeas and 9 nays.

  28. Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.

  29. Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 62, nays 32. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.

  30. Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.

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

  32. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

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

  34. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 756.

  35. Effective date 8/1/2026.

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