AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES (Requires all hospitals and freestanding ambulatory surgical facilities to adopt policies to use a smoke evacuation system for surgical procedures that generate surgical smoke.)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2018
Committee Review
May 2018
Senate Passage
Apr 2018
House Passage
May 2018
Signed into Law
Jun 2018
Introduced Feb 1, 2018
Signed Jun 4, 2018
Floor votes · Senate Apr 3, 2018
How they voted
28–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 31
Apr 3, 2018
D
Democratic28
89% Yea
R
Republican3
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
6
Committee
4
Jun 4, 2018
Signed into law
06/04/2018 Signed by Governor
executive
May 30, 2018
Lower · Passed
05/30/2018 House passed in concurrence
lower
May 23, 2018
Legislature · Passed
05/23/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence
legislature
Apr 4, 2018
Committee
04/04/2018 Referred to House H.E.W.
lower
Apr 3, 2018
Legislature · Passed
04/03/2018 Senate read and passed
legislature
Mar 27, 2018
Legislature · Passed
03/27/2018 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Mar 1, 2018
Legislature · Passed
03/01/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Feb 1, 2018
Introduced
02/01/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services
legislature
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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