SB 418: Law Enforcement Officer Interactions with Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder

GENERAL BILL by Jones; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Smith

Law Enforcement Officer Interactions with Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder; Requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to establish a program to improve communication between individuals with autism spectrum disorder and law enforcement officers under certain circumstances; requiring the department to develop and make available to individuals with autism spectrum disorder a certain envelope and card by a specified date; defining the terms “agency” and “autism spectrum disorder”; requiring the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission within the Department of Law Enforcement to establish an employment training component relating to individuals with autism spectrum disorder, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 3/11/2026 06:20 PM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (ACJ)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)

• Related Bills (3)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 365 (c2) by Criminal Justice Subcommittee Law Enforcement Officer Interactions with Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder Last Action: 3/10/2026 H Laid on Table, refer to SB 418	Identical
  H 849 (c2) by Criminal Justice Subcommittee Department of Law Enforcement Last Action: 3/11/2026 H Laid on Table, refer to CS/SB 524	Compare
  S 524 (e1) by Simon Department of Law Enforcement Last Action: 3/13/2026 S Died in returning Messages	Compare

• Citations - Statute (2)

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  320.021		Page 2 (pdf)
  943.1727	Continued employment training relating to autism spectrum disorder.	Page 3 (pdf)

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  11/6/2025	S	• Filed
  11/17/2025	S	• Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
  1/13/2026	S	• Introduced
  1/21/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/26/26, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
  1/26/2026	S	• Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
  1/27/2026	S	• Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
  1/30/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 02/04/26, 3:45 pm, 37 Senate Building
  2/4/2026	S	• Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 • Now in Fiscal Policy
  2/9/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/12/26, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building
  2/12/2026	S	• Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  2/17/2026	S	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/26
  2/19/2026	S	• Read 2nd time -SJ 346 • Read 3rd time -SJ 346 • Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 -SJ 346 • Immediately certified -SJ 356
  2/19/2026	H	• In Messages
  3/9/2026	H	• Bill referred to House Calendar • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/10/2026) • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  3/10/2026	H	• Read 2nd time • Amendment 376741 adopted • Added to Third Reading Calendar • Read 3rd time • Passed as amended; YEAS 111, NAYS 0
  3/10/2026	S	• In returning messages
  3/11/2026	S	• Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (376741) -SJ 800 • Passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 800 • Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
  6/12/2026		• Signed by Officers and presented to Governor