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IN · session 2026 · Senate · bill

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Introduced Jan 5, 2026

Latest action (Mar 5, 2026) Signed by the Speaker

Summary

Makes wearing a mask during the commission of a criminal offense a sentencing aggravator. Makes it malicious littering, a Class A misdemeanor, for a person to place refuse on the property of another person with the intent to cause the owner or occupant of the property to reasonably fear for their physical safety.

Sponsors (4)
1 coauthor / cosponsor

Action history (24)
  1. Jan 5, 2026 Authored by Senator Deery · upper
  2. Jan 5, 2026 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law · upper
  3. Jan 13, 2026 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted · upper
  4. Jan 14, 2026 Senator Clark added as second author · upper
  5. Jan 20, 2026 Amendment #1 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote · upper
  6. Jan 20, 2026 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed · upper
  7. Jan 22, 2026 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 51: yeas 45, nays 0 · upper
  8. Jan 22, 2026 House sponsor: Representative Lopez · upper
  9. Jan 22, 2026 Senator Baldwin added as third author · upper
  10. Jan 23, 2026 Referred to the House · upper
  11. Jan 28, 2026 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code · lower
  12. Feb 12, 2026 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted · lower
  13. Feb 16, 2026 Second reading: ordered engrossed · lower
  14. Feb 16, 2026 Amendment #1 (Pierce M) failed; Roll Call 242: yeas 33, nays 59 · lower
  15. Feb 17, 2026 Representative Yocum added as cosponsor · lower
  16. Feb 17, 2026 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 265: yeas 88, nays 2 · lower
  17. Feb 18, 2026 Returned to the Senate with amendments · lower
  18. Feb 20, 2026 Motion to concur filed · upper
  19. Feb 25, 2026 Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 276: yeas 46, nays 0 · upper
  20. Feb 27, 2026 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
  21. Mar 5, 2026 Public Law 112 · upper
  22. Feb 27, 2026 Signed by the President Pro Tempore · upper
  23. Mar 5, 2026 Signed by the Governor · executive
  24. Feb 27, 2026 Signed by the Speaker · lower
Subjects
CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Offenses Against PersonsCRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; SentencingHEALTH; Generally

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