Criminal vandalism.
Summary
Renames the crime of "criminal mischief" to "criminal vandalism". Repeals: (1) institutional criminal mischief; (2) cemetery mischief; (3) railroad mischief; and (4) critical infrastructure facility mischief; places them in the "criminal vandalism" statute, and preserves the original penalties and defenses. Repeals and places provisions involving damage to a cave in the criminal vandalism statute. Repeals and places provisions involving depositing refuse in a cave in the littering statute. Makes conforming amendments.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
House Passage
Feb 2026
Signed into Law
Mar 2026
Introduced Jan 8, 2026
Signed Mar 5, 2026
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MINOR
The bill has been formally engrossed and updated with new House sponsors (Young M, Freeman, Baldwin, Pol Jr.) and their respective House sponsors (Bascom, Ireland). The legislative timeline has been extended to include House action dates in February 2026, indicating the bill has successfully passed both chambers.
TIMELINE
Added House action dates showing the bill was read, referred to committee, reported, and passed by the House in February 2026.
TECHNICAL
Added names of House sponsors (Bascom, Ireland) to the bill header.
Updated the bill title from 'SB 261' to 'ES 261' (Engrossed Senate Bill) and changed the digest update date from January 20, 2026, to February 18, 2026.
Floor votes · Senate Jan 28, 2026 · House Feb 24, 2026
How they voted
46–1
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 48
Jan 28, 2026
D
Democratic9
88% Yea
R
Republican39
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
8
Committee
2
Mar 5, 2026
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
Feb 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by the President Pro Tempore
upper
Feb 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by the President of the Senate
upper
Feb 27, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by the Speaker
lower
Feb 24, 2026
Lower · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 352: yeas 97, nays 0
lower
Feb 18, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee report: do pass, adopted
lower
Jan 28, 2026
Upper · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 126: yeas 47, nays 1
upper
Jan 22, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
upper
4 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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