2026 Regular Session
HB2647
Children; Shai Cooper Act; adoption; updating reference; providing this section apply to immediate relatives; effective date.
Legislative progress
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This summary includes only completed milestones supported by recorded actions. It does not predict the next step, and it preserves later committee reassignments, concurrence, conference, veto, and approval actions when they occur.
Recorded floor votes
5 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
February 20, 2025 · House
House: Civil Judiciary Committee: DO PASS AS AMENDED BY CS
Passed
9 yea–0 nay
March 4, 2025 · House
House: Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee: DO PASS AS AMENDED BY CS
Passed
14 yea–0 nay
March 12, 2025 · House
House: THIRD READING
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
86 yea–0 nay · 13 absent
April 22, 2025 · Senate
Senate: Judiciary Committee: DO PASS
Passed
8 yea–0 nay
May 1, 2025 · Senate
Senate: THIRD READING
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
45 yea–0 nay · 2 absent
Committee referrals
April 1, 2025 · Senate
Judiciary
February 17, 2025 · House
Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight
February 17, 2025 · House
Civil Judiciary
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.
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House Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/11/2025
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House Sent to Governor
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Senate Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
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House Enrolled, signed, to Senate
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House Referred for enrollment
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Senate Engrossed measure signed, returned to House
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Senate Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0 View roll call
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Senate General Order, Considered
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Senate Placed on General Order
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Senate Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed View roll call
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Senate Coauthored by Representative Adams
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Senate Second Reading referred to Judiciary
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Senate First Reading
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House Engrossed, signed, to Senate
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House Referred for engrossment
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House Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 86 Nays: 0 View roll call
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House Amended
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House General Order
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House Authored by Senator Thompson (principal Senate author)
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House CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee View roll call
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House Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Civil Judiciary
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House Referred to Civil Judiciary
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House Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight
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House Withdrawn from Rules Committee
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House Second Reading referred to Rules
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House Authored by Representative Harris
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House First Reading