AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PUBLIC HEALTH DATA PRIVACY AND PROTECTION ACT
Summary
Creates the public health data privacy and protection act to regulate the reporting of information relating to reportable disease data in the possession of the department of health.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2026
Committee Review
Jun 2026
Senate Passage
Jun 2026
House Passage
Governor
Introduced May 5, 2026
Last action Jun 5, 2026
Floor votes · Senate Jun 4, 2026
How they voted
35–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 36
Jun 4, 2026
D
Democratic32
96% Yea
R
Republican4
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Jun 5, 2026
Committee
06/05/2026 Referred to House Health & Human Services
lower
Jun 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
06/04/2026 Senate read and passed
upper
Jun 2, 2026
Legislature · Passed
06/02/2026 Committee recommends passage
legislature
May 21, 2026
Committee
05/21/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
May 5, 2026
Introduced
05/05/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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