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2026 Regular Session

SB378

Public Libraries - Young Readers Matching Grant Program, Funding, and Services

Renaming the Young Readers Matching Grant Program to be the Young Readers Grant Program; altering the purpose and application requirements of the Program; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $450,000 for the program in each fiscal year; altering the calculation of certain funding for certain regional resource centers and each county public library system for certain fiscal years; and altering the types of services of which each public library is required to offer at least one service.

Legislative progress

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Introduced in Senate January 27, 2026 Senate passed March 20, 2026 House passed April 10, 2026 Senate passed April 10, 2026 Enrolled April 10, 2026 Governor approved May 26, 2026

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 20, 2026 · Senate

Third Reading Passed

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

42 yea–0 nay · 1 not voting · 4 absent

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April 10, 2026 · House

Third Reading Passed

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

116 yea–20 nay · 2 not voting · 3 absent

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April 10, 2026 · Senate

Third Reading Passed

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

39 yea–0 nay · 5 not voting · 3 absent

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Committee referrals

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.

  1. Senate Approved by the Governor - Chapter 625
  2. Senate Passed Enrolled View roll call
  3. Senate Third Reading Passed (39-0) View roll call
  4. Senate Senate Concurs House Amendments
  5. House Third Reading Passed (116-20) View roll call
  6. House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
  7. House Favorable with Amendments {943525/1 Adopted
  8. House Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations
  9. House Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
  10. House Referred Appropriations
  11. Senate Third Reading Passed (42-0) View roll call
  12. Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
  13. Senate Favorable with Amendments {423624/1 Adopted
  14. Senate Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation
  15. Senate Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m.
  16. Senate Hearing canceled
  17. Senate Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
  18. Senate First Reading Budget and Taxation
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