HB231
Autism Advisory Council; name change, membership, staffing, powers and duties.
Status:
In Conference
Latest Action:
March 12, 2026
Senate: Senate Conferees: Aird, Locke, McDougle
Chief Patron:
Laura Jane Cohen (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Autism Advisory Council; name change; membership; staffing; powers and duties.
Provides for the Autism Advisory Council to be reconstituted as a permanent, independently staffed agency in the legislative branch of state government. Currently, the Autism Advisory Council is set to expire on July 1, 2027. The bill repeals the expiration date and renames the agency as the Autism Commission. The ... (More) bill also modifies the membership of the Commission to more closely align with the membership makeup of other independently staffed legislative agencies and directs the Commission to appoint and employ an executive director and other staff to assist in carrying out the duties of the Commission. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/08/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103423D
- 01/08/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 01/13/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB231)
- 01/22/2026 - House: Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee
- 01/22/2026 - House: Placed on Rules Agenda
- 01/23/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 01/23/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (5-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/2026 - House: Placed on Rules Agenda
- 01/27/2026 - House: Reported from Rules with substitute and referred to Appropriations (18-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/27/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26105307D-H1
- 01/27/2026 - House: Assigned HAPP sub: General Government and Capital Outlay
- 01/28/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB231)
- 01/29/2026 - House: Placed on Appropriations Agenda
- 01/30/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/2026 - House: Placed on Appropriations Agenda
- 02/02/2026 - House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/05/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/05/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 02/05/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/05/2026 - House: Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- 02/06/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (93-Y 4-N 0-A)
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 02/27/2026 - Senate: Reported from Rules with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/27/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26108863D-S1
- 03/02/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB231)
- 03/06/2026 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Read third time
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Rules Substitute agreed to
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/11/2026 - House: Senate substitute rejected by House (1-Y 98-N 0-A)
- 03/12/2026 - Senate: Senate insisted on substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/12/2026 - Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 03/12/2026 - House: House acceded to request
- 03/12/2026 - House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/12/2026 - House: House Conferees: Cohen, Tran, McLaughlin
- 03/12/2026 - Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/12/2026 - Senate: Senate Conferees: Aird, Locke, McDougle
