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Committee advances consent agenda: five bills on redaction, EMS funding, cybersecurity, Taos medical complex and SLP licensure
Summary
The Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee approved five measures on the consent agenda, issuing due‑pass recommendations for Senate Bills 171, 197, 254, 414 and 502 with roll‑call tallies reported in committee.
The Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee approved a set of consent‑agenda measures and issued due‑pass recommendations on five bills covering records redaction, EMS funding, cybersecurity office changes, a Taos medical complex and speech‑language pathologist licensure.
The committee recorded the following committee recommendations on the consent agenda: Senate Bill 171 (redaction of personal information from public records) received a due‑pass recommendation by a reported vote of 8 in favor with 2 excused; Senate Bill 197 (EMS System Improvement Projects Funding) was reported due pass 8–0 with 2 excused; the committee substitute for Senate Bill 254 (cybersecurity act and office changes) received a due‑pass recommendation by a recorded vote of 9–0 with 1 excused; Senate Bill 414 (Taos Medical Complex) received a due pass recommendation 9–0 with 1 excused; and Senate Bill 502 (speech‑language pathologist licensure) was removed from consent briefly for questions and later returned and received a due‑pass recommendation by a vote of 8 in favor, 0 opposed, with 2 excused.
Committee members handled one bill off consent (SB 502) for questions, then returned it to the consent list after additional information and scheduling was provided. Committee staff noted most bills on the consent agenda move next either to finance or judiciary committees as appropriate.
The consent procedure let the committee clear several routine or broadly supported bills while preserving time for extended discussion on larger topics later in the agenda. Each bill now moves to the next committee of reference for further action.
