Became Chapter 189 of the Acts of 2026.
| Date | Branch | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-13 | Senate | Text of S2696, reprinted as amended |
| 2025-11-13 | Senate | Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #104 (Yeas 35 to Nays 3) |
| 2025-11-17 | House | Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means |
| 2026-06-10 | House | Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting the text of H5489, and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling |
| 2026-06-10 | House | Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting with the amendment pending |
| 2026-06-10 | House | Rules suspended |
| 2026-06-10 | House | Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means) |
| 2026-06-10 | House | Ordered to a third reading |
| 2026-06-10 | House | Rules suspended |
| 2026-06-10 | House | Read third |
| 2026-06-10 | House | Amendment 3 rejected - 2 YEAS to 154 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 209) |
| 2026-06-10 | House | Amendment 4 rejected - 23 YEAS to 133 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 210) |
| 2026-06-10 | House | Amendment 6 adopted, as changed |
| 2026-06-10 | House | Amendment 8 adopted |
| 2026-06-10 | House | Passed to be engrossed - 153 YEAS to 3 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 211) |
| 2026-07-30 | Senate | Rules suspended |
| 2026-07-30 | Senate | Senate concurred in the House amendment with a further amendment, see S3241 |
| 2026-07-31 | House | Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading |
| 2026-07-31 | House | House concurred in the Senate further amendment |
| 2026-07-31 | House | Enacted - 156 YEAS to 1 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 254) |
| 2026-07-31 | Senate | Enacted and laid before the Governor |
| 2026-08-10 | Executive | Signed by the Governor, Chapter 189 of the Acts of 2026 |
| When | Chamber | Roll call | Question | Tally |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-13 | Senate | No. 104 | Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #104 (Yeas 35 to Nays 3) | 35–3 |
| 2026-06-10 14:23 | House | No. 209 | On adoption of amendment #3 | 2–154 |
| 2026-06-10 14:39 | House | No. 210 | On adoption of amendment #4 | 23–133 |
| 2026-06-10 14:55 | House | No. 211 | On passing to be engrossed, as amended | 153–3 |
| No. | Title | Moved by | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 1 | An Act regarding free expression | House Committee on Ways and Means | Adopted |
| House 2 | Book Challenge Reporting and Anti-Censorship Data Collection | Homar Gómez | Withdrawn |
| House 3 | Immunity Defense Act | John R. Gaskey | Rejected |
| House 4 | Clarifying the Determination of Library Materials | Kelly W. Pease | Rejected |
| House 5 | Author Standing | Mike Connolly | Withdrawn |
| House 6 | Considering the totality of the material | Lindsay N. Sabadosa | Adopted, as Changed |
| House 7 | Complaint process | Marjorie C. Decker | Withdrawn |
| House 8 | Complaint process | Marjorie C. Decker | Adopted |
| Senate 1 | An Act regarding free expression | Julian Cyr | Adopted |
Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.
| Action | Committee |
|---|---|
| Favorable with Amendment | Ways and Means (H) |
| Place in OD | Steering, Policy and Scheduling (H) |
| Correctly Drawn | Bills in the Third Reading (H) |
| Correctly Drawn | Bills in the Third Reading (H) |
Every action here is as the legislature published it. A bill that drew no recorded vote is the ordinary case: the House records roughly 150 a year.