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2026 Regular Session

HB2696

Open records; educational records; requiring schools to release certain records; specifying certain information cannot be omitted; effective date.

Legislative progress

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Introduced in House February 3, 2025 House committee reassignment February 5, 2025 House committee substitute February 24, 2025 House committee substitute February 26, 2025 House floor substitute March 25, 2026 House passed March 25, 2026 Sent to Senate March 26, 2026 Introduced in Senate March 26, 2026 Senate committee passed April 7, 2026

Recorded floor votes

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

February 19, 2025 · House

House: Common Education Committee: DO PASS AS AMENDED BY CS

Passed

12 yea–0 nay

View roll call

February 26, 2025 · House

House: Education Oversight Committee: DO PASS AS AMENDED BY CS

Passed

9 yea–0 nay

View roll call

March 25, 2026 · House

House: THIRD READING

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

95 yea–1 nay · 3 absent

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April 7, 2026 · Senate

Senate: Judiciary Committee: DO PASS

Passed

6 yea–0 nay

View roll call

Committee referrals

February 4, 2025 · House

Rules

Instrument history

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  1. Senate Placed on General Order
  2. Senate Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed View roll call
  3. Senate Second Reading referred to Judiciary
  4. Senate First Reading
  5. House Engrossed, signed, to Senate
  6. House Referred for engrossment
  7. House Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 95 Nays: 1 View roll call
  8. House Amended by floor substitute
  9. House Considered
  10. House Laid over
  11. House General Order
  12. House CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Education Oversight Committee View roll call
  13. House Authored by Senator Rader (principal Senate author)
  14. House Policy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Common Education
  15. House Referred to Common Education
  16. House Referred to Education Oversight
  17. House Withdrawn from Rules Committee
  18. House Second Reading referred to Rules
  19. House Authored by Representative Ford
  20. House First Reading
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