relative to membership of the governor's commission on addiction, treatment, and prevention.
SB 422 expands the governor's commission on addiction, treatment, and prevention by adding two new public members: one with expertise in gaming addiction and one representing long-term recovery. It also changes the status of the faith-based community representative from non-voting to a voting member. The bill modifies the commission's membership structure under state law to include these additions, increasing the total public members from seven to nine. These changes directly affect the commission's composition and decision-making process for addressing addiction-related policies. The bill takes effect 60 days after enactment.
Bill status
failed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2026
Senate Passage
Jan 2026
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Nov 21, 2025
Last action May 7, 2026
Floor votes
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Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Apr 22, 2026
Lower · Passed
Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass
lower
Apr 22, 2026
Committee
Majority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 04/15/2026 (Vote 10-8; RC) HC 18 P. 13
lower
Feb 26, 2026
Introduced
Introduced (in recess of) 02/19/2026 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 5 P. 124
lower
Jan 29, 2026
Upper · Passed
Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/29/2026; SJ 2
upper
Jan 16, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 01/29/2026; Vote 4-0; CC; SC 3
upper
Nov 21, 2025
Introduced
Introduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 1
upper
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
David Watters
DDemocratic
Co
Dave Nagel
DDemocratic
Co
Jess Edwards
RRepublican
Co
Regina Birdsell
RRepublican
Co
Tim Lang
RRepublican
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