Did not become law. It stopped in the General Assembly on December 18, 2025. The 2024–2025 session has ended.
2024–2025 Session
Assembly Bill 2198
Clarifies DHS authority to regulate sober living homes and halfway houses as residential substance abuse aftercare facilities; requires background checks and other protections for residents of residential substance abuse facilities.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the General Assembly
Sponsor from Jan 9
Chief co-sponsor from May 13
Chief co-sponsor from May 16
Its course
January 9, 2024 to December 18, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action4 actions on 3 days
In the General AssemblyJan 9 to Dec 18 · stopped709 days
Aging and Human ServicesJan 9 to May 13 · moved on125 days
Oversight, Reform and Federal RelationsMay 13 to May 130 days
AppropriationsMay 13 to Dec 18584 days
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
General Assembly committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Dec 18, 2025
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the General Assembly Jan 9 – Dec 18, 2025
- Jan 9Introduced in the General Assembly and sent to Aging and Human Services
- May 13Sent to Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations
- Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations recommended it
- Sent to Appropriations
- Dec 18, 2025Appropriations recommended it as amended
- Read a second time