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Committee action roundup: multiple health and social service bills passed with amendments
Summary
The Senate committee passed a suite of health, tax and social service measures during its 1:00 p.m. calendar, mostly adopting chair‑recommended amendments, several fiscal notes and a handful of reporting or sunset requirements.
The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services took action on a large number of measures during the 1:00 p.m. calendar. Below are outcomes the committee recorded in its hearing and committee report language. Where the transcript recorded committee report notes or fiscal figures, those are included.
Votes at a glance
- HB 139 (insurance): Passed with amendments. Committee accepted the Attorney General’s proposed amendments and the Department of Commerce & Consumer Affairs/Insurance Division comments; committee recorded the chair’s recommendation to pass with amendments.
- HB 1379 (health): Passed with amendments (defective date changed to upon approval). Committee accepted written testimony and moved the bill forward with amendments.
- HB 613 (homeless youth): Passed with amendments; committee inserted governance language from related bill HB1101 and noted a general fund request of $1,691,516 for FY26–27.
- HB 701 (taxation; caregiver credit): Passed with Executive Office on Aging…
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