SB596
Contraception; definitions, establishes right to obtain, applicability, enforcement.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
April 1, 2026
Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB596)
Chief Patron:
Jennifer Carroll Foy (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Contraception; right to contraception; applicability; enforcement.
Establishes a right to obtain contraceptives and engage in contraception, as such terms are defined in the bill. The bill also creates a cause of action that may be instituted if such right is infringed.-
Bill History
- 01/14/2026 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100201D
- 01/14/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/20/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB596)
- 01/27/2026 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health
- 01/27/2026 - Senate: Senate subcommittee offered
- 02/03/2026 - Senate: Senate subcommittee offered
- 02/04/2026 - Senate: Senate subcommittee offered
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Senate committee offered
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (11-Y 4-N)
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26107196D-S1
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Education and Health Substitute agreed to
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote)
- 02/10/2026 - Senate: Passed Senate (24-Y 15-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 02/13/2026 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/13/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/13/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
- 02/18/2026 - House: Placed on Health and Human Services Agenda
- 02/18/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB596)
- 02/19/2026 - House: Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (14-Y 7-N)
- 02/20/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26108256D-H1
- 02/22/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB596)
- 02/23/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/24/2026 - House: Read third time
- 02/24/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 02/24/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/24/2026 - House: Passed House with substitute (65-Y 33-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 02/26/2026 - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (23-Y 17-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 02/26/2026 - Senate: Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/26/2026 - Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate
- 02/27/2026 - House: House insisted on substitute
- 02/27/2026 - House: House requested conference committee
- 03/03/2026 - Senate: Senate acceded to request Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/03/2026 - Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/03/2026 - Senate: Senate Conferees: Carroll Foy, Favola, Suetterlein
- 03/04/2026 - House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/04/2026 - House: House Conferees: Price, Cole, N.T., Bloxom
- 03/12/2026 - Senate: Conference substitute printed 26109547D-S2
- 03/12/2026 - Conference Report released
- 03/12/2026 - House: Conference report agreed to by House (64-Y 32-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 03/13/2026 - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (24-Y 15-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 03/19/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB596)
- 03/30/2026 - Senate: Enrolled
- 03/30/2026 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB596ER)
- 03/30/2026 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/31/2026 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/31/2026 - Senate: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026
- 03/31/2026 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
- 04/01/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB596)
