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SB42Introduced in the Senate

Prohibits using artificial intelligence to create child sexual abuse materials. (8/1/26)

Passed

Introduced by Rick Edmonds, District 6

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Prohibits using artificial intelligence to create child sexual abuse materials. (8/1/26)

Where it stands

Effective date 8/1/2026.

June 9, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

3 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

4 recorded votes · each counted separately

HouseStage: House Vote on SB 42 ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1792) · May 31, 2026

91

Yes

0

No

14

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 Phelps3Absent
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 Judiciary C.

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

  3. Reported favorably.

  4. Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.

  5. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title and passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays; ordered reengrossed 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 Administration of Criminal Justice.

  8. Reported favorably (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  9. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.

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

  11. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2026.

  12. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 96, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

  13. Rules suspended.

  14. Motion to reconsider called from the table.

  15. Called from the calendar.

  16. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 90, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

  17. Received from the House with amendments.

  18. Amendments proposed by the House read and rejected by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays.

  19. Notice of Senate rejecting House amendments.

  20. House conferees appointed: Bacala, Villio, and Schlegel.

  21. Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.

  22. Senate conference committee members appointed: Edmonds, Cloud, and Hodges.

  23. Notice of Senate conferees appointed.

  24. Conference committee report received.

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

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

  27. Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays.

  28. Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.

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

  30. Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 91, nays 0. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.

  31. Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.

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

  33. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

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

  35. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 892.

  36. Effective date 8/1/2026.

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