House Rules Committee reports four‑bill package including EpiPen requirement for daycares and Medicaid behavioral‑health expansion

Chair Bradford, chair of the House Rules Committee, called the committee to order and said a quorum was present. The committee reported a package of four bills and members voted unanimously to report the package to the full House.

The package, described on the record as two bill packages with the first containing four measures, included: “House Bill 9 28, printers number 18 33,” described as requiring EpiPens in daycare facilities; “House Bill 13 47, printers number 15 35,” described as establishing tourism improvement districts and tourism improvement district management associations; “House Bill 14 42, printers number 18 77,” described as requiring investigations of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy; and “House Bill 15 90, printers number 18 52,” described as expanding access to behavioral health care under new Medicaid flexibility.

Before the roll call, a committee member said, “Mister chair, it’s my understanding Republicans will be voting in the affirmative.” The committee secretary then called the roll and announced, “The vote is unanimous, and the bills pass 33 nothing.”

Why it matters: the package includes public‑health measures (EpiPen requirements and investigations related to epilepsy), a change to local tourism financing and management, and an expansion of Medicaid behavioral‑health access. Each measure will proceed to further consideration after the Rules Committee reported them.

No statutes, implementing regulations, fiscal notes, or floor amendments were discussed on the record during the package vote in the excerpted transcript. The committee moved immediately afterward to report a separate bill concerning dental coverage within the medical assistance program.