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SB46Introduced in the Senate

Creates the crime of unlawful operation of a group home. (8/1/26) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Passed

Introduced by Mike Reese, District 30

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Creates the crime of unlawful operation of a group home. (8/1/26) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Where it stands

Effective date 8/1/2026.

May 14, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

Senate votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

HouseStage: House Vote on SB 46 FINAL PASSAGE (#999) · May 7, 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.

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RepresentativeDistrictVote
Danny McCormick1Absent
Steven Jackson2Yes
Tammy Phelps3Yes
Joy Walters4Yes
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 37 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 97, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.

  13. Received from the House without amendments.

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

  15. Signed by the Speaker of the House.

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

  17. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 201.

  18. Effective date 8/1/2026.

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