2026 Regular Session
SB968
Education - School Bus - Fire Safety Standards
Exempting the driver's seat of a school bus from the requirement that a school bus be constructed with certain materials that enable it to meet all the criteria of the school bus seat upholstery fire block test established by the National School Transportation specifications and procedures adopted by the most recent National Congress on School Transportation.
Legislative progress
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Recorded floor votes
2 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
March 23, 2026 · Senate
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
41 yea–0 nay · 2 not voting · 4 absent
April 13, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
134 yea–0 nay · 6 not voting · 1 absent
Committee referrals
March 23, 2026 · House
Environment and Transportation
March 4, 2026 · Senate
Education, Energy, and the Environment
February 13, 2026 · Senate
Rules
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 524
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Senate Returned Passed
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House Third Reading Passed (134-0) View roll call
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House Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
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House Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation
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House Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation)
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House Referred Environment and Transportation Ways and Means
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Senate Third Reading Passed (41-0) View roll call
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Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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Senate Favorable with Amendments {223529/1 Adopted
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Senate Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Feldman) Adopted
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Senate Favorable with Amendments {223529/1
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Senate Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
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Senate Hearing 3/17 at 1:00 p.m.
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Senate Rereferred to Education, Energy, and the Environment
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Senate First Reading Senate Rules