Bills

SB 2661: LEGISLATURE; JUDICIARY; CODE OF ETHICS; NEPOTISM; PROHIBITION

  • Session Year: 2025-2026
  • House: Senate
  • Latest Version Date: 2026-03-27

Current Status:

In Progress

(2026-03-30: Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan excused (4).)

Introduced

In Committee

First Chamber

In Committee

Second Chamber

Final Decking

Enacted

Version:

Subjects all nominated, appointed, or elected officers and employees of the State, including members of boards, commissions, and committees; individuals under contract to the State or constitutional convention; and legislators, delegates to a constitutional convention, and justices and judges, and their respective employees, to nepotism prohibitions in the State's Code of Ethics.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

Discussed in Hearing

House Standing Committee on Legislative Management4MIN
Mar 23, 2026

House Standing Committee on Legislative Management

Senate Standing Committee on Judiciary2MIN
Feb 20, 2026

Senate Standing Committee on Judiciary

Senate Standing Committee on Judiciary4MIN
Feb 13, 2026

Senate Standing Committee on Judiciary

Senate Standing Committee on Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs4MIN
Feb 13, 2026

Senate Standing Committee on Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs

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