2026 Regular Session
HB912
Local Government - Trap-Neuter-Return Policies for Community Cats - Requirements and Restrictions (Ash's Law)
Establishing that certain provisions of law prohibiting the abandonment or certain neglect of an animal do not apply to a person who is providing care to a community cat under a trap-neuter-return policy; establishing that a local law that establishes a trap-neuter-return policy is subject to certain requirements and restrictions; and providing that the Act supersedes and preempts any law, ordinance, policy, regulation, or rule of any local government body, person, or corporation that restricts the practice of trap-neuter-return; etc.
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 23, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
131 yea–0 nay · 8 not voting · 2 absent
Committee referrals
March 23, 2026 · Senate
Education, Energy, and the Environment
February 5, 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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Senate Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
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House Third Reading Passed (131-0) View roll call
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House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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House Favorable with Amendments {443425/1 Adopted
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House Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation
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House Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
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House First Reading Environment and Transportation