2026 Regular Session
HB149
Fire Prevention - Assistant Fire Marshals, Residential Rental High-Rise Property Fire Safety Equipment, and Fire Alarm System Technicians
Earlier-session bill · introduced 2025
Authorizing a county or municipal corporation to designate assistant fire marshals with the approval of the State Fire Marshal or to request that the State Fire Marshal designate certain fire marshals and requiring the State Fire Marshal to adopt certain regulations governing the qualifications, training, standards, and certification of designees; requiring, by October 1, 2026, the installation of certain automatic fire sprinklers in certain high-rise residential buildings; etc.
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
3 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
March 18, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
127 yea–7 nay · 2 not voting · 5 absent
April 9, 2026 · Senate
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
42 yea–0 nay · 2 not voting · 3 absent
April 10, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
126 yea–6 nay · 4 not voting · 5 absent
Committee referrals
March 19, 2026 · Senate
Education, Energy, and the Environment
January 23, 2026 · House
Economic Matters
January 14, 2026 · House
Environment and Transportation
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 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 422
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House Passed Enrolled View roll call
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House Third Reading Passed (126-6) View roll call
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House House Concurs Senate Amendments
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Senate Third Reading Passed (42-0) View roll call
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Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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Senate Favorable with Amendments {113928/1 Adopted
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Senate Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
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Senate Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
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House Third Reading Passed (127-7) View roll call
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House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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House Favorable with Amendments {173928/1 Adopted
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House Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
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House Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
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House Reassigned to Economic Matters
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House First Reading Environment and Transportation
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House Pre-filed