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2026 Regular Session

HB2131

Criminal procedure; procedures for advising grand juries; transcripts; hearings; witnesses; effective date.

Legislative progress

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Introduced in House February 3, 2025 House committee reassignment February 11, 2025 House committee substitute February 17, 2025 House committee substitute March 4, 2025 House passed March 11, 2025 Sent to Senate March 12, 2025 Introduced in Senate March 12, 2025 Senate committee passed April 8, 2025 Senate passed May 8, 2025 Sent to House May 8, 2025 Enrolled May 8, 2025 Enrolled May 12, 2025 Sent to Governor May 12, 2025 Vetoed May 15, 2025 Vetoed May 29, 2025

Recorded floor votes

7 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.

February 13, 2025 · House

House: Civil Judiciary Committee: DO PASS AS AMENDED BY CS

Passed

8 yea–0 nay

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March 4, 2025 · House

House: Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee: DO PASS AS AMENDED BY CS

Passed

13 yea–0 nay

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March 11, 2025 · House

House: THIRD READING

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

84 yea–6 nay · 9 absent

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April 8, 2025 · Senate

Senate: Judiciary Committee: DO PASS

Passed

7 yea–0 nay

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May 8, 2025 · Senate

Senate: THIRD READING

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

45 yea–2 nay

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May 29, 2025 · Senate

Senate: VETO OVERRIDE NO EMERGENCY

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

32 yea–13 nay · 3 absent

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May 29, 2025 · House

House: VETO OVERRIDE WITHOUT EMERGENCY

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

82 yea–6 nay · 10 absent

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Committee referrals

February 4, 2025 · House

Rules

Instrument history

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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.

  1. House Filed with Secretary of State
  2. Senate Measure returned to House
  3. Senate Veto overridden: Ayes: 32 Nays: 13
  4. House To Senate
  5. House Veto overridden: Ayes: 82 Nays: 6
  6. House Vetoed 05/15/2025
  7. House Sent to Governor
  8. Senate Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
  9. House Enrolled, signed, to Senate
  10. House Referred for enrollment
  11. Senate Engrossed measure signed, returned to House
  12. Senate Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 2 View roll call
  13. Senate General Order, Considered
  14. Senate Placed on General Order
  15. Senate Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed View roll call
  16. Senate Second Reading referred to Judiciary
  17. Senate First Reading
  18. House Engrossed, signed, to Senate
  19. House Referred for engrossment
  20. House Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 84 Nays: 6 View roll call
  21. House General Order
  22. House CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee View roll call
  23. House Authored by Senator Howard (principal Senate author)
  24. House Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Civil Judiciary
  25. House Referred to Civil Judiciary
  26. House Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight
  27. House Withdrawn from Rules Committee
  28. House Second Reading referred to Rules
  29. House Authored by Representative Kannady
  30. House First Reading
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