Establishes "Simon's Law," which changes the laws regarding life-sustaining or nonbeneficial treatment policies of health care facilities.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2018
Committee Review
May 2019
House Passage
May 2019
Senate Passage
May 2019
Signed into Law
Jul 2019
Introduced Dec 3, 2018
Signed Jul 11, 2019
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
42
Key actions
13
Committee
12
Jul 11, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor (G)
lower
May 13, 2019
Lower · Passed
Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - AYES: 146 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0
lower
May 8, 2019
Lower · Passed
Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 9 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0
lower
May 8, 2019
Lower · Passed
Voted Do Pass (H)
lower
May 8, 2019
Committee
Referred: Fiscal Review(H)
lower
May 7, 2019
Upper · Passed
Third Read and Passed (S)
upper
May 7, 2019
Upper · Passed
SS Adopted (S)
upper
May 7, 2019
Introduced
Senate Substitute Offered (S)
upper
Apr 18, 2019
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass (S)
upper
Apr 10, 2019
Upper · Passed
Voted Do Pass (S)
upper
Mar 26, 2019
Committee
Second read and referred: Health and Pensions (S)
upper
Feb 25, 2019
Lower · Passed
Third Read and Passed (H)
lower
Feb 14, 2019
Lower · Passed
Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 8 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0
lower
Feb 14, 2019
Lower · Passed
Voted Do Pass (H)
lower
Feb 12, 2019
Committee
Referred: Rules - Legislative Oversight(H)
lower
Feb 12, 2019
Lower · Passed
Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 17 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0
lower
Feb 11, 2019
Lower · Passed
Voted Do Pass (H)
lower
Jan 16, 2019
Committee
Referred: Health and Mental Health Policy(H)
lower
Dec 3, 2018
Introduced
Prefiled (H)
lower
0 primary · 11 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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