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SB 263Session 2025-2026SenateFailed

House Substitute for SB 263 by Committee on Education - Establishing standards and requirements for active shooter drills conducted by public and accredited nonpublic elementary and secondary schools and regulating active shooter simulations.

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Latest development · Apr 10, 2026

Died on House Calendar

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Session
2025-2026
Introduced
Feb 11, 2025
Latest passage
Mar 10, 2026
TopicsSponsorsActionsRelated billsDiscussion

Topics and classification

Civixly topics

Education

Source subjects

Fire and Fire ProtectionSchools

Document type

Bill

Sponsors

Primary sponsors are listed before cosponsors and other sponsoring entities.

Primary sponsor

Committee on Federal and State Affairs

cosponsor

Committee on Education

Action timeline

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View full action timeline24 actions⌄
  1. Apr 10, 2026

    Died on House Calendar

    FailureHouse
  2. Mar 18, 2026

    Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by House Committee on Education

    Committee Passage FavorableHouse
  3. Mar 11, 2026

    Received and Introduced

    IntroductionHouse
  4. Mar 11, 2026

    Referred to House Committee on Education

    Referral CommitteeHouse
  5. Mar 10, 2026

    Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

    PassageSenate
  6. Mar 10, 2026

    Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Dinah Sykes

    Senate
  7. Mar 10, 2026

    Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Dinah Sykes was adopted

    PassageSenate
  8. Mar 10, 2026

    Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Brenda Dietrich

    Senate
  9. Mar 10, 2026

    Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Brenda Dietrich was adopted

    PassageSenate
  10. Mar 10, 2026

    Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Joseph Claeys

    Senate
  11. Mar 10, 2026

    Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Joseph Claeys was adopted

    PassageSenate
  12. Mar 10, 2026

    Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Joseph Claeys

    Senate
  13. Mar 10, 2026

    Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Joseph Claeys was rejected

    Senate
  14. Mar 10, 2026

    Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Joseph Claeys

    Senate
  15. Mar 10, 2026

    Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Joseph Claeys was rejected

    Senate
  16. Mar 10, 2026

    Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Joseph Claeys

    Senate
  17. Mar 10, 2026

    Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Joseph Claeys was adopted

    PassageSenate
  18. Mar 10, 2026

    Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended

    PassageSenate
  19. Mar 10, 2026

    Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 38, Nay 1

    PassageSenate
  20. Feb 24, 2026

    Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Ways and Means and referred to Committee of the Whole

    Referral CommitteeSenate
  21. Feb 19, 2026

    Withdrawn from Calendar; Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means

    Referral CommitteeSenate
  22. Mar 18, 2025

    Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Education

    Committee Passage FavorableSenate
  23. Feb 13, 2025

    Referred to Senate Committee on Education

    Referral CommitteeSenate
  24. Feb 11, 2025

    Introduced

    IntroductionSenate

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HB 2628Updated Apr 10, 2026

Establishing a refundable income tax credit for tuition payments and fees made to postsecondary educational institutions.

Education
HB 2692Updated Apr 10, 2026

Establishing standards of conduct for agents of the United States immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) prohibiting facial covering of agents, requiring vehicles be clearly marked, requiring judicial search warrants, prohibiting raids in places of worships, schools, daycare centers, hospitals and courts, requiring minimum training.

Education
HB 2631Updated Apr 10, 2026

Increasing the extent of property tax exemption from the statewide school levy for residential property.

Education
SB 303Updated Apr 10, 2026

House Substitute for SB 303 by Committee on Taxation - Decreasing the rate of ad valorem tax imposed by a school district, discontinuing certain sales tax exemptions, imposing sales tax on certain sales of lottery tickets, imposing an excise tax on all sports wagers as a rate of 2% of the amount wagered, creating the property tax relief fund and providing for transfers therefrom to the state school district finance fund and creating the sports wagering privilege tax refund fund.

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Source data last updated Jul 8, 2026.