House and Senate Bills Summary

: April 25, 2026, this document tracks hundreds of House and Senate bills, resolutions, and memorials — all in various stages of progress, delay, or legislative limbo.

And while the list is long (very long), the reality is pretty simple:
Some bills moved. Some passed. Some got vetoed. And a lot are just… sitting there.

House Memorials & Resolutions
Here’s your rewritten version with that same informative but slightly sarcastic tone, while still keeping it useful and readable:

Let’s be honest — if you’ve ever looked at a bill tracker and thought it was written in a completely different language, you’re not wrong. Legislatures love abbreviations. A lot of them. 

So here’s a breakdown of what all those letters actually mean — because apparently writing things out in full was just too straightforward.

These are the committees where bills go to be debated… or quietly disappear.

• APPROP – Appropriations (aka: where the money conversations happen)
• ATT – Appropriations, Transportation, and Technology
• COM – Commerce
• ED – Education
• FICO / FIN – Finance-related committees (because one wasn’t enough)
• FED – Federalism
• GOV – Government
• HHS – Health and Human Services
• JUD / JE / JUDE – Judiciary (yes, multiple abbreviations for the same thing)
• MABS – Military Affairs and Border Security
• NR / NREW – Natural Resources (sometimes with Energy and Water added in)
• PS – Public Safety
• RAGE – Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency (ironically intense name)
• RULES – Rules Committee (the gatekeepers)
• TAT / TTMC – Transportation and Technology

And of course, the bill types:

• SB – Senate Bill
• SCR / SCM / SJR / SJM / SR / SM – Various resolutions and memorials (same idea, slightly different paperwork)

Same concept, different chamber — and yes, just as many abbreviations.

• AII – Artificial Intelligence and Innovations (welcome to the future)
• Approp – Appropriations
• Com – Commerce
• CJR – Criminal Justice Reform
• ED – Education
• FMAE – Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections
• GOV – Government
• HHS – Health and Human Services
• IT – International Trade
• JUD / JUDE – Judiciary (again… consistency optional)
• LARA – Land, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
• MAPS – Military Affairs and Public Safety
• PSLE – Public Safety & Law Enforcement
• RED – Rural Economic Development
• RO – Regulatory Oversight
• RULES – Rules Committee (yes, still the gatekeepers)
• TI / TRANS / TTMC – Transportation (with varying levels of detail)
• WM – Ways and Means

Bill types here include:

• HB, HCR, HCM, HJR, HJM, HR, HM — same idea as the Senate, just with an “H” instead of an “S.”

This is where things get especially fun — because this is how you track what actually happened to a bill.

Readings & Movement:

• 1st / 2nd / 3rd Read – Required readings before a vote
• INTRO – Introduced (the starting line)
• REF / FUR REFER – Sent to committee (or more committees… because one wasn’t enough)

Committee Outcomes:

• DP – Do Pass (a rare moment of agreement)
• DNP – Do Not Pass (self-explanatory)
• DPA – Do Pass Amended
• S/E – Strike-Everything Amendment (because rewriting the whole bill is apparently efficient)

Floor Action:

• COW – Committee of the Whole
• FP – Final Passage
• RCV – Roll Call Vote

Status Updates:

• ADV – Advanced
• RET ON CAL – Stuck on the calendar
• RECON – Reconsideration (because decisions are optional)
• W/D – Withdrawn

Final Outcomes:

• V – Veto
• V/O – Veto Override
• LIVS – Line Item Veto Signed
• W/O S – Became law without signature

Special Requirements:

• RFE / RFEIR – Requires a supermajority vote (because a simple majority wasn’t complicated enough)
• E – Emergency clause (goes into effect immediately)

If it feels like you need a decoder just to follow legislation… that’s because you do.

This list brings everything into one place so you can actually understand what’s happening — instead of guessing whether “DPA/SE” is progress or just another way of saying “we rewrote it again.”