2026 Regular Session
HB3996
Crimes and punishments; capital cases; Indigent Defense System to make certain payments and provide certain experts; 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
6 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
February 17, 2026 · House
House: Criminal Judiciary Committee: DO PASS AS AMENDED BY CS
Passed
6 yea–0 nay
February 24, 2026 · House
House: Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee: DO PASS AS AMENDED BY CS
Passed
11 yea–0 nay
March 4, 2026 · House
House: THIRD READING
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
87 yea–6 nay · 6 absent
April 14, 2026 · Senate
Senate: Judiciary Committee: DO PASS AMENDED
Passed
7 yea–0 nay
April 22, 2026 · Senate
Senate: THIRD READING
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
47 yea–0 nay · 1 absent
May 6, 2026 · House
House: FOURTH READING
Passed
86 yea–1 nay · 12 absent
Committee referrals
April 14, 2026 · Senate
Appropriations
April 1, 2026 · Senate
Judiciary
February 17, 2026 · House
Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight
February 17, 2026 · House
Criminal Judiciary
February 3, 2026 · 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 05/13/2026
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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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House Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 86 Nays: 1 View roll call
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House SA's read, adopted View roll call
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House SA's received
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Senate Engrossed to House
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Senate Referred for engrossment
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Senate Measure passed: Ayes: 47 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 Withdrawn from Appropriations committee
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Senate Referred to Appropriations
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Senate Title restored
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Senate Reported Do Pass as amended Judiciary committee; CR filed View roll call
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Senate Second Reading referred to Judiciary Committee then to Appropriations Committee
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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: 87 Nays: 6 View roll call
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House Title stricken
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House Amended
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House General Order
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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 Authored by Senator Howard (principal Senate author)
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House Coauthored by Representative(s) Caldwell (Trey)
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House Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Criminal Judiciary
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House Referred to Criminal 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 Remove Representative Caldwell (Trey) as principal House author and substitute with Representative Worthen
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House Second Reading referred to Rules
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House Authored by Representative Caldwell (Trey)
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House First Reading