New Rules for Faith-Based Content in Batterers' Intervention Programs
November 19, 2025
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Where This Stands
Currently Ordered enrolled. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Signed.
Procedural history
20 actions- Feb 26, 2026HouseBill added to Special Order Calendar (3/3/2026)
- Feb 3, 2026HouseAdded to Second Reading Calendar
- Feb 3, 2026HouseBill released to House Calendar
- Feb 3, 2026HouseReported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- Feb 3, 2026HouseCommitteeFavorable by Health & Human Services Committee
- Jan 30, 2026HouseAdded to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
Show 14 earlier actions
- Jan 22, 2026HouseNow in Health & Human Services Committee
- Jan 22, 2026HouseReported out of Judiciary Committee
- Jan 22, 2026HouseCommitteeFavorable by Judiciary Committee
- Jan 20, 2026HouseAdded to Judiciary Committee agenda
- Jan 14, 2026HouseNow in Judiciary Committee
- Jan 14, 2026HouseReported out of Human Services Subcommittee
- Jan 13, 2026HouseIntroduced1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- Jan 13, 2026HouseCommitteeFavorable by Human Services Subcommittee
- Jan 9, 2026HouseAdded to Human Services Subcommittee agenda
- Nov 24, 2025HouseNow in Human Services Subcommittee
- Nov 24, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Health & Human Services Committee
- Nov 24, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Judiciary Committee
- Nov 24, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Human Services Subcommittee
- Nov 19, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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View official text →The Frame
The bill ensures that individuals court-ordered into domestic violence intervention programs cannot be compelled to participate in religious activities as a condition of their program completion.
Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.
Participants in batterers' intervention programs
These individuals are subject to the rules governing program requirements and the availability of optional activities.
Batterers' intervention program providers
These organizations must comply with the new statutory language regarding the voluntary nature of faith-based offerings.
Current stage: Ordered enrolled.
Signed.
Background
- Batterers' intervention programs are state-certified programs that individuals are typically required to complete as part of a court order following domestic violence charges. context
Summary
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can a program force me to attend religious services?
Does this bill ban faith-based content in these programs?
Why It Matters
The bill ensures that individuals court-ordered into domestic violence intervention programs cannot be compelled to participate in religious activities as a condition of their program completion.
News Coverage
Voting Record
Third Reading
Total
39
Yes
33
No
1
Present
0
Not Voting
0
Abstain
0
How they voted (39)
Danny Burgess
Republican · yes
Jason Brodeur
Republican · yes
Barbara Sharief
Democratic · excused
Bryan Ávila
Republican · excused
Ileana Garcia
Republican · yes
Darryl Rouson
Democratic · yes
Alexis Calatayud
Republican · yes
Joe Gruters
Republican · excused
Jim Boyd
Republican · yes
Jason Pizzo
Independent · yes
Lori Berman
Democratic · no
Colleen Burton
Republican · yes
Jay Trumbull
Republican · yes
Dave Smith
Republican · yes
Kathleen Passidomo
Republican · yes
Ana Maria Rodriguez
Republican · yes
Mack Bernard
Democratic · yes
Nick DiCeglie
Republican · yes
Jennifer Bradley
Republican · yes
Debbie Mayfield
Republican · yes
Tracie Davis
Democratic · excused
Erin Grall
Republican · yes
Ralph Massullo
Republican · yes
Shev Jones
Democratic · yes
+ 15 more
Passage, Third Reading
Total
117
Yes
107
No
2
Present
0
Not Voting
8
Abstain
0
How they voted (117)
Chase Tramont
Republican · yes
Traci Koster
Republican · yes
Rachel Plakon
Republican · yes
Felicia Robinson
Democratic · yes
Alex Andrade
Republican · yes
Nathan Boyles
Republican · yes
Brian Hodgers
Republican · yes
RaShon Young
Democratic · yes
Lawrence McClure
Republican · yes
Dianne Hart-Lowman
Democratic · not voting
Jessica Baker
Republican · yes
Dan Daley
Democratic · yes
Omar Blanco
Republican · yes
David Borrero
Republican · yes
Mike Gottlieb
Democratic · yes
Mike Giallombardo
Republican · yes
Michelle Salzman
Republican · not voting
Will Robinson
Republican · yes
Berny Jacques
Republican · yes
Ashley Gantt
Democratic · no
Webster Barnaby
Republican · yes
Angie Nixon
Democratic · yes
Judson Sapp
Republican · yes
Doug Bankson
Republican · yes
+ 93 more
Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee)
Total
39
Yes
36
No
0
Present
0
Not Voting
3
Abstain
0
How they voted (39)
J.J. Grow
Republican · yes
Toby Overdorf
Republican · yes
Dean Black
Republican · yes
Demi Busatta
Republican · absent
Dianne Hart-Lowman
Democratic · yes
Daryl Campbell
Democratic · yes
Sam Greco
Republican · yes
Brian Hodgers
Republican · yes
Rob Long
Democratic · yes
Will Robinson
Republican · yes
Robin Bartleman
Democratic · yes
Robbie Brackett
Republican · yes
Susan Plasencia
Republican · yes
Shane Abbott
Republican · yes
Marie Woodson
Democratic · yes
Mitch Rosenwald
Democratic · yes
Susan Plasencia
Republican · yes
Demi Busatta
Republican · absent
Daryl Campbell
Democratic · yes
Will Robinson
Republican · yes
Brian Hodgers
Republican · yes
Robin Bartleman
Democratic · yes
Shane Abbott
Republican · yes
Adam Anderson
Republican · absent
+ 15 more
Favorable (Judiciary Committee)
Total
33
Yes
33
No
0
Present
0
Not Voting
0
Abstain
0
How they voted (33)
Chuck Brannan
Republican · yes
Webster Barnaby
Republican · yes
Jessica Baker
Republican · yes
Dotie Joseph
Democratic · yes
Juan Porras
Republican · yes
Rachel Plakon
Republican · yes
Jon Albert
Republican · yes
Traci Koster
Republican · yes
Patt Maney
Republican · yes
Danny Alvarez
Republican · yes
Johanna López
Democratic · yes
Bruce Antone
Democratic · yes
Webster Barnaby
Republican · yes
Chuck Brannan
Republican · yes
Mike Gottlieb
Democratic · yes
Michelle Salzman
Republican · yes
Bruce Antone
Democratic · yes
Dotie Joseph
Democratic · yes
Jessica Baker
Republican · yes
Dan Daley
Democratic · yes
Rachel Plakon
Republican · yes
Danny Alvarez
Republican · yes
Patt Maney
Republican · yes
Johanna López
Democratic · yes
+ 9 more
Favorable (Human Services Subcommittee)
Total
27
Yes
27
No
0
Present
0
Not Voting
0
Abstain
0
How they voted (27)
Bill Partington
Republican · yes
Brian Hodgers
Republican · yes
Susan Plasencia
Republican · yes
Chad Johnson
Republican · yes
Felicia Robinson
Democratic · yes
Fabián Basabe
Republican · yes
Ryan Chamberlin
Republican · yes
Anna Eskamani
Democratic · yes
Jose Alvarez
Democratic · yes
Shane Abbott
Republican · yes
Rachel Plakon
Republican · yes
Sam Greco
Republican · yes
Rita Harris
Democratic · yes
Leonard Spencer
Democratic · yes
Tiffany Esposito
Republican · yes
Karen Gonzalez Pittman
Republican · yes
Felicia Robinson
Democratic · yes
Ryan Chamberlin
Republican · yes
Rita Harris
Democratic · yes
Tiffany Esposito
Republican · yes
Chad Johnson
Republican · yes
Bill Partington
Republican · yes
Leonard Spencer
Democratic · yes
Anna Eskamani
Democratic · yes
+ 3 more
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Discoveries
Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.
Clarification of Voluntary Participation
The bill codifies the voluntary nature of faith-based content in state-mandated programs, likely to avoid constitutional challenges regarding compelled religious participation.
Connected Entities
Sources
openstates.org
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance40How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy35Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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