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SB 418: Law Enforcement Officer Interactions with Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder

GENERAL BILL by Jones ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Smith

Law Enforcement Officer Interactions with Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder; Requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to establish a program to improve communication between individuals with autism spectrum disorder and law enforcement officers under certain circumstances; requiring the department to develop and make available to individuals with autism spectrum disorder a certain envelope and card by a specified date; defining the terms “agency” and “autism spectrum disorder”; requiring the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission within the Department of Law Enforcement to establish an employment training component relating to individuals with autism spectrum disorder, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 3/11/2026 Senate - Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (ACJ)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
11/6/2025 Senate • Filed
11/17/2025 Senate • Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
1/13/2026 Senate • Introduced
1/21/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/26/26, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
1/26/2026 Senate • Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
1/27/2026 Senate • Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
1/30/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 02/04/26, 3:45 pm, 37 Senate Building
2/4/2026 Senate • Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
• Now in Fiscal Policy
2/9/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/12/26, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building
2/12/2026 Senate • Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 19 NAYS 0
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2/17/2026 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/26
2/19/2026 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 346
• Read 3rd time -SJ 346
• Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 -SJ 346
• Immediately certified -SJ 356
2/19/2026 House • In Messages
3/9/2026 House • Bill referred to House Calendar
• Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/10/2026)
• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
3/10/2026 House • Read 2nd time
• Amendment 376741 adopted
• Added to Third Reading Calendar
• Read 3rd time
• Passed as amended; YEAS 111, NAYS 0
3/10/2026 Senate • In returning messages
3/11/2026 Senate • Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (376741)
• Passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
• Ordered engrossed, then enrolled