In the Senate's Judiciary Committee since March 10, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 278
AN ACT CONCERNING MILITARY PROTECTIVE ORDERS TO ADDRESS MILITARY INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To (1) provide that courts may consider prior or existing military protective orders that are contained in the state's automated registry of protective orders when issuing a civil protective order for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, sexual violence or stalking, and (2) specify that such registry contains military protective orders that have been entered into the National Crime Information Center computerized index.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
February 19 to March 12, 2026, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action7 actions on 5 days
In the SenateFrom Feb 19
Veterans' and Military Affairs CommitteeFeb 19 to Mar 1019 days
Judiciary CommitteeFrom Mar 10
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the General Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee22–0
Mar 10
Who voted how
Yea Anthony L. Nolan, Bill Buckbee, Brian Lanoue, Catherine A. Osten, Christopher Poulos, Daniel Gaiewski, Farley Santos, Gary A. Winfield, Hubert D. Delany, Iris N. Sanchez, Jaime S. Foster, Jeff Gordon, Kurt Vail, Mae Flexer, Mark DeCaprio, Mark W. Anderson, Matthew L. Lesser, Michael DiGiovancarlo, Patrick S. Boyd, Paul Cicarella, Paul Honig, William Heffernan
Text
Each version as the General Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.
In the Senate Feb 19 – Mar 10
- Feb 19Introduced and sent to Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee
- Feb 20Heard in Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee
- Mar 10Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee recommended a substitute for it and sent it to Judiciary Committee
All 7 actions, as published
- Feb 19REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Feb 20PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
- Mar 10Joint Favorable Substitute Change of ReferenceBoth houses
- Mar 11FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
- Mar 11RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
- Mar 12FAV. CHG. OF REF., SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate
- Mar 12FAV. CHG. OF REF. HOUSE TO COMM. ONHouse of Representatives