Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Appropriations A Committee on February 25, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
House Bill 883
Appropriation; Department of Mental Health to expand outpatient and community-based services for certain formerly incarcerated state inmates.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXPANDING OUTPATIENT SERVICES AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES FOR FORMER INMATES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS WHO WERE DIAGNOSED WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS WHILE HOUSED WITHIN A STATE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND WHO ARE NO LONGER INCARCERATED WITHIN A CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, AS PROVIDED IN HOUSE BILL NO. , 2026 REGULAR SESSION, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2027.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
January 16 to February 25, 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 action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 16 to Feb 25 · stopped40 days
Appropriations AJan 16 to Feb 25 · stopped40 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature 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 Legislature published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Jan 16 – Feb 25
- Jan 16Referred to the House committee on Appropriations A
- Feb 25Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 16Referred To Appropriations AHouse of Representatives
- Feb 25Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives