SB 676: Criminal Offenses
GENERAL BILL by Arrington
Criminal Offenses; Providing criminal penalties for persons who commit any act that causes, tends to cause, encourages, or contributes to a child committing offenses of specified severities; providing criminal penalties for persons who induce or endeavor to induce, by act, threat, command, or persuasion, a child to commit offenses of specified severities; creating the offense of causing or enticing a minor to commit, or in the presence of a minor committing, animal cruelty, etc.
Effective Date: 10/1/2026
Last Action: 1/21/2026 Senate - Now in Fiscal Policy
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 1/21/2026 Senate - Now in Fiscal Policy
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 12/1/2025 | Senate |
• Filed |
| 12/9/2025 | Senate |
• Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy |
| 1/5/2026 | Senate |
• On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/12/26, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building |
| 1/12/2026 | Senate |
• Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 • Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice |
| 1/13/2026 | Senate |
• Introduced |
| 1/16/2026 | Senate |
• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 01/21/26, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building |
| 1/21/2026 | Senate |
• Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 • Now in Fiscal Policy |