2026 Regular Session
SB172
Corporations and Associations - Methodist Churches - Trust Requirement Repeal and Disaffiliation
Earlier-session bill · introduced 2025
Repealing a requirement that the assets of any Methodist Church be held in trust for the United Methodist Church and be subject to the control of the Church; repealing a provision of law providing that the absence of a trust clause in any deed or conveyance executed before June 1, 1953, does not exclude certain local churches from certain provisions of law; providing that a local church that disaffiliates from the United Methodist Conference shall retain ownership of its real property, subject to certain reimbursement requirements; 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 12, 2026 · Senate
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
43 yea–2 nay · 2 absent
Committee referrals
March 13, 2026 · House
Government, Labor, and Elections
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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House Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
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House Referred Government, Labor, and Elections
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Senate Third Reading Passed (43-2) View roll call
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Senate Second Reading Passed
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Senate Favorable Adopted
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Senate Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
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Senate First Reading Judicial Proceedings
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Senate Hearing 1/28 at 11:00 a.m.
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Senate Pre-filed