STATE BILLIN SB 246PASSED

Redaction of court records.

Redaction of court records. Requires the names and specified other information of child victims, child witnesses, and certain other persons to be redacted in criminal actions. Requires the use of an anonymous designator such as "Child Witness No. 1" when redacting a name, and prohibits redaction that uses the person's initials or that describes the person in terms of a family relationship.

Status: Passed; Signed or otherwise enacted
Status date: Mar 5, 2026; 252 days ago
Current chamber: Senate
Session: 2026 Regular Session

IN SB 246 · PassedMar 5

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Bill details

Last action: Public Law 129 · Mar 5, 2026

Bill history

Newest first.

Mar 5, 2026Public Law 129Senate

Mar 5, 2026Signed by the GovernorSenate

Feb 27, 2026Signed by the President of the SenateSenate

Feb 27, 2026Signed by the SpeakerHouse

Feb 27, 2026Signed by the President Pro TemporeSenate

Feb 25, 2026Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 286: yeas 47, nays 0Senate

Feb 23, 2026Motion to concur filedSenate

Feb 18, 2026Returned to the Senate with amendmentsHouse

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Feb 17, 2026Third reading: passed; Roll Call 269: yeas 88, nays 0House

Feb 16, 2026Second reading: amended, ordered engrossedHouse

Feb 16, 2026Amendment #1 (Bascom) prevailed; voice voteHouse

Feb 9, 2026Representative Isa added as cosponsorHouse

Feb 5, 2026Committee report: amend do pass, adoptedHouse

Jan 29, 2026Representatives Ireland, Zimmerman added as cosponsorsHouse

Jan 28, 2026First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal CodeHouse

Jan 22, 2026Referred to the HouseSenate

Jan 22, 2026Senator Baldwin added as coauthorSenate

Jan 20, 2026House sponsor: Representative BascomSenate

Jan 20, 2026Third reading: passed; Roll Call 39: yeas 46, nays 0Senate

Jan 15, 2026Senators Pol, Koch, Clark, Glick added as coauthorsSenate

Jan 15, 2026Second reading: ordered engrossedSenate

Jan 14, 2026Senator Carrasco added as second authorSenate

Jan 13, 2026Committee report: do pass, adoptedSenate

Jan 8, 2026First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal LawSenate

Jan 8, 2026Authored by Senator FreemanSenate

Recorded votes

Senate - Third readingJan 20, 2026 · Senate · 46 yea · 0 nayPassed

House - Third readingFeb 17, 2026 · House · 88 yea · 0 nayPassed

Senate - Senate concurred with House amendmentsFeb 25, 2026 · Senate · 47 yea · 0 nayPassed

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