2026 Regular Session
SB140
Criminal Law - Benefits Exploitation
Earlier-session bill · introduced 2025
Prohibiting a person from knowingly recruiting, harboring, transporting, or obtaining an individual for the purpose of appropriating the government benefits of an individual for the benefit of the person or another through deception, coercion, exploitation, or isolation; prohibiting a person from aiding, abetting, or conspiring with one or more persons to violate a certain provision of the Act; imposing certain penalties based on the aggregate value of the government benefits involved in the violation; etc.
Legislative progress
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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 12, 2026 · Senate
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
44 yea–0 nay · 1 not voting · 2 absent
April 8, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
132 yea–0 nay · 4 not voting · 5 absent
April 9, 2026 · Senate
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
42 yea–0 nay · 1 not voting · 4 absent
Committee referrals
March 13, 2026 · House
Judiciary
January 14, 2026 · Senate
Judicial Proceedings
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 Approved by the Governor - Chapter 663
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Senate Passed Enrolled View roll call
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Senate Third Reading Passed (42-0) View roll call
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Senate Senate Concurs House Amendments
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House Third Reading Passed (132-0) View roll call
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House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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House Favorable with Amendments {733322/1 Adopted
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House Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
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House Referred Judiciary
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Senate Third Reading Passed (44-0) View roll call
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Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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Senate Favorable with Amendments {593926/1 Adopted
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Senate Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
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Senate First Reading Judicial Proceedings
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Senate Hearing 1/20 at 1:00 p.m.
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Senate Pre-filed