Relating to habitual offenders, and providing penalties

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 4, 2026
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   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 4, 2026
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   Done: House committeeFebruary 12, 2026
4. –
   Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 2542
5. Next: Senate committee
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

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Amendments · 7

3 adopted · 1 failed. Newest first.

• H-8470Strike everything · filed May 2, 2026 by

  AI summary This amendment replaces the entire bill and changes the definition of a habitual offender to someone convicted of a class C or D felony who has two prior felony convictions. It increases the minimum prison time for these offenders from three to seven years and raises the maximum confinement period from fifteen to twenty years. It also adds a requirement for probation officers to report violations and includes habitual offender offenses in certain sentencing rules.
  Adopted
  68–18
  May 2, 2026
• S-5252Strike everything · filed May 2, 2026 by Sen. Mike Bousselot (R)

  AI summary This amendment replaces the entire bill and changes the definition of a habitual offender to someone convicted of a class C or D felony who has two prior felony convictions. It increases the minimum prison time for habitual offenders from three to seven years and raises the maximum confinement period from fifteen to twenty years. It also adds requirements for probation officers to report violations and includes habitual offender offenses and sentences in certain probation reporting rules.
  Adopted
  May 2, 2026
• S-5126 · filed March 24, 2026 by

  AI summary This amendment changes the wording so that the law applies to a person's actual convictions rather than just the charges brought against them.
  Ruled out of order
  May 2, 2026
• H-8124 · filed March 3, 2026 by

  AI summary This amendment adds rules regarding how the state pays for health insurance for certain survivors and allows survivors to pay for the remaining cost of coverage. It also expresses the goal of using department of corrections funding for salary increases for correctional officers and nurses and for increasing safety measures in correctional facilities.
  Ruled not germane
  March 4, 2026
• H-8121 · filed March 3, 2026 by

  AI summary This amendment adds a new division regarding collective bargaining to the bill. It defines specific public safety roles, such as correctional officers, jailers, emergency dispatchers, and probation or parole officers, as part of the collective bargaining rules.
  Ruled not germane
  March 4, 2026
• H-8120 · filed March 3, 2026 by

  AI summary This amendment changes the definition of a habitual offender to specifically apply to people currently convicted of a level one forcible felony who have previously earned enough points from prior convictions to reach a total of three or more points.
  Failed
  31–63
  March 4, 2026
• H-8116 · filed March 3, 2026 by

  AI summary This amendment removes theft and drug possession from the list of crimes that earn points and adds criminal mischief in the third degree instead. It also adds a rule that only convictions from the last twenty years count toward the points, requires only the most serious charge to be counted if there are multiple pending charges, and states the law only applies to convictions on or after July 1, 2026. Finally, it adds that sentences for these offenders cannot be deferred or suspended.
  Adopted
  March 4, 2026