Establish grant program for newborn safety devices
HB 476 establishes a grant program to fund the installation and maintenance of newborn safety devices. The Department of Public Health and Human Services will award competitive grants, up to $20,000 per applicant, to eligible fire departments, hospitals, and law enforcement agencies. The department is also responsible for creating rules for the application process and evaluation criteria. The bill appropriates $160,000 from the general fund for this program, which is effective July 1, 2025, and terminates on June 30, 2027.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 12, 2025
Signed May 5, 2025
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Removed a closing quotation mark from the end of the bill title and Section 5 header to fix formatting inconsistencies.
Floor votes · Senate Apr 14, 2025 · House Mar 18, 2025
How they voted
32–16
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 50
Apr 14, 2025
D
Democratic18
83% Nay
R
Republican32
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
40
Key actions
9
Committee
6
May 1, 2025
Signed into law
(H) Signed by Governor
lower
Apr 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
Apr 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (32-16-2)
senate
Apr 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
upper
Apr 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
upper
Mar 20, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
upper
Mar 18, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (74-24-2)
house
Feb 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Human Services
lower
Feb 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Human Services
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Human Services
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Randyn Gregg
RRepublican
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