HEALTH CARE/FACILITIES: Provides for visitation policies at certain healthcare facilities and requires that such policies allow for in-person visitation (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
House Passage
Jun 2023
Senate Passage
Jun 2023
Signed into Law
Jun 2023
Introduced Mar 28, 2023
Signed Jun 14, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Jun 4, 2023 · House Apr 25, 2023
How they voted
32–0
Passed
Total votes 32
Jun 4, 2023
D
Democratic10
100% Yea
R
Republican22
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
5
Committee
5
Jun 6, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 97, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
Jun 4, 2023
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 39 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 11, 2023
Committee
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 10, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported with amendments.
upper
Apr 25, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 100, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 20, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (15-0).
lower
Apr 10, 2023
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
lower
Mar 28, 2023
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
lower
1 primary · 53 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Chuck Owen
RRepublican
Co
Adrian Fisher
DDemocratic
Co
Alan Seabaugh
RRepublican
Co
BP
Barrow Peacock
RRepublican
Co
BM
Barry Milligan
RRepublican
Co
Beau Beaullieu
RRepublican
Co
BA
Beryl Amedée
RRepublican
Co
Beth Mizell
RRepublican
Co
Caleb Kleinpeter
RRepublican
Co
Cameron Henry
RRepublican
Co
Danny McCormick
RRepublican
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