2026 Regular Session
HB156
Election Law - Affiliating With a Party and Voting - Unaffiliated Voters
Earlier-session bill · introduced 2025
Authorizing unaffiliated voters to request to affiliate with a political party at an early voting center before a primary election or at a precinct polling place on a primary election day and vote a provisional ballot for the voter's preferred political party; requiring an election judge to determine if the voter resides in a certain county; applying the Act to all elections beginning with the statewide primary election in 2028; and prohibiting the application of the Act to any special elections held before the 2028 primary.
Legislative progress
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Recorded floor votes
1 roll call are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
March 11, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
110 yea–26 nay · 1 not voting · 4 absent
Committee referrals
March 12, 2026 · Senate
Education, Energy, and the Environment
January 14, 2026 · House
Government, Labor, and Elections
Instrument history
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Senate Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
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House Third Reading Passed (110-26) View roll call
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House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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House Favorable with Amendments {483629/1 Adopted
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House Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
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House Hearing 2/04 at 2:00 p.m.
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House First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections
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House Pre-filed