Substitute for SB 131 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Authorizing the state board of healing arts to issue a sports waiver to practice healing arts professions in this state on a limited basis during certain sporting events, authorizing pharmacy technicians to administer certain vaccines, licensing of professional counselors, social workers, marriage and family therapists, addiction counselors, behavior analysts, psychologists and master's level psychologists, requiring the behavioral sciences regulatory board to process applications within a certain time and establish an expedited application process, establishing license categories for applicants from social work programs in candidacy for accreditation and for temporary reinstatement; extending the license period of temporary licenses, establishing a community-based license for certain licensed professions.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Apr 2023
Senate Passage
Apr 2023
House Passage
Apr 2023
Signed into Law
Apr 2023
Introduced Feb 1, 2023
Signed Apr 28, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Feb 23, 2023 · House Mar 27, 2023
How they voted
38–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 39
Feb 23, 2023
D
Democratic11
100% Yea
R
Republican28
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
26
Key actions
18
Committee
9
Amendments
2
Apr 28, 2023
Signed into law
Approved by Governor on Tuesday, May 9, 2023
upper
Apr 27, 2023
Upper · Passed
Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 38 Nay: 2
upper
Apr 27, 2023
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 118 Nay: 4
lower
Apr 27, 2023
Lower · Passed
Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
lower
Apr 6, 2023
Lower · Passed
Conference committee report now available
lower
Mar 29, 2023
Lower · Passed
Motion to accede adopted; Representative Landwehr, Representative Eplee and Representative Ruiz, S. appointed as conferees
lower
Mar 28, 2023
Upper · Passed
Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
upper
Mar 27, 2023
Lower · Passed
Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 114 Nay: 9
lower
Mar 27, 2023
Lower · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
lower
Mar 27, 2023
Lower · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Eplee was adopted
lower
Mar 27, 2023
Introduced
Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Eplee
lower
Mar 27, 2023
Lower · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
lower
Mar 27, 2023
Lower · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Now working on
lower
Mar 14, 2023
Lower · Passed
Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Health and Human Services
lower
Mar 2, 2023
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
lower
Mar 1, 2023
Introduced
Received and Introduced
lower
Feb 23, 2023
Upper · Passed
Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 39 Nay: 0
upper
Feb 23, 2023
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed
upper
Feb 23, 2023
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed
upper
Feb 23, 2023
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Now working on
upper
Feb 22, 2023
Upper · Passed
Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Public Health and Welfare
upper
Feb 2, 2023
Committee
Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare
upper
Feb 1, 2023
Introduced
Introduced
upper
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jeff Pittman
DDemocratic
P
John Doll
RRepublican
P
Renee Erickson
RRepublican
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