Relates to guardians and health care agents
Summary
Includes guardians of the principal as a person who may commence certain special proceedings; provides that if a hospital can with reasonable efforts ascertain the identity of the parents or guardian of an emancipated minor patient and obtain such parent's or guardian's contact information, the hospital shall notify such persons, and document such notification in the patient's medical record, prior to withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining treatment.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Jan 2025
Assembly Passage
Jan 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Feb 2025
Introduced Jan 8, 2025
Signed Feb 14, 2025
Floor votes · Senate Feb 11, 2025 · Assembly Jan 22, 2025
How they voted
39–22
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 63
Feb 11, 2025
D
Democratic41
87% Yea
R
Republican22
86% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Feb 14, 2025
Signed into law
SIGNED CHAP.29
lower
Feb 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Jan 22, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO RULES
upper
Jan 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
lower
Jan 14, 2025
Committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
lower
Jan 8, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO HEALTH
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Amy Paulin
DDemocratic
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