| 04/13/2026 | Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0613) | |||
| 04/13/2026 | Approved by Governor-Chapter 613 (effective 7/1/2026) | |||
| 03/31/2026 | Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 | |||
| House | 03/31/2026 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 | ||
| House | 03/31/2026 | Signed by Speaker | ||
| House | 03/31/2026 | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB438) | ||
| Senate | 03/30/2026 | Signed by President | ||
| House | 03/30/2026 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB438ER) | ||
| House | 03/30/2026 | Enrolled | ||
| House | 03/12/2026 | Senate amendments agreed to by House (64-Y 34-N 0-A) | ||
| Senate | 03/11/2026 | Passed Senate with amendments Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) | ||
| Senate | 03/11/2026 | Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) | ||
| Senate | 03/11/2026 | Passed Senate with amendments Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A) | ||
| Senate | 03/11/2026 | Engrossed by Senate as amended | ||
| Senate | 03/11/2026 | Courts of Justice Amendment agreed to | ||
| Senate | 03/11/2026 | Read third time | ||
| Senate | 03/10/2026 | Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) | ||
| Senate | 03/10/2026 | Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A) | ||
| Senate | 03/10/2026 | Rules suspended | ||
| Senate | 03/09/2026 | Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) | ||
| House | 03/04/2026 | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB438) | ||
| Senate | 03/02/2026 | Senate committee offered | ||
| Senate | 03/02/2026 | Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) | ||
| House | 02/20/2026 | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB438) | ||
| Senate | 02/18/2026 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice | ||
| Senate | 02/18/2026 | Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) | ||
| House | 02/17/2026 | Read third time and passed House (63-Y 33-N 0-A) | ||
| House | 02/16/2026 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute | ||
| House | 02/16/2026 | committee substitute agreed to | ||
| House | 02/16/2026 | Read second time | ||
| House | 02/13/2026 | Read first time | ||
| House | 02/11/2026 | Committee substitute printed 26106927D-H1 | ||
| House | 02/11/2026 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 7-N) | ||
| House | 02/06/2026 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 2-N) | ||
| House | 02/06/2026 | House subcommittee offered | ||
| House | 02/03/2026 | Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal | ||
| House | 01/29/2026 | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB438) | ||
| House | 01/12/2026 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice | ||
| House | 01/12/2026 | Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103735D |