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Votes at a glance: SB 16, SB 17 and SB 19 cleared the Senate
Summary
Several bills were approved on the Senate floor with little debate: SB 16 (Certificate of Stillbirth Amendments), SB 17 (Employment Support Act revisions), and SB 19 (Digital Health Services Commission) were all passed and sent to the House.
The Senate recorded passage of multiple bills in short floor sessions.
Senate Bill 16: Senator Vickers summarized the bill as restoring the definition of a dead fetus to 20 weeks while preserving a family's option to receive a certificate between 16 and 20 weeks. The Senate passed SB 16 by recorded vote (29 yay, 0 nay) and the clerk announced it would be sent to the House.
Senate Bill 17: Senator Shiozawa presented SB 17 as a committee bill reorganizing language and updating definitions in the Employment Support Act; with no questions the Senate voted by roll call to pass SB 17 (29 yay, 0 nay) and transmit it to the House.
Senate Bill 19: Senator Shiozawa (presenter) described SB 19 to establish a voluntary Digital Health Services Commission to advise on electronic health records, Internet security, and inter-hospital communications. The bill passed on the floor (no nay votes reported in this excerpt) and was transmitted to the House.
These items were handled quickly on the floor; each bill's text and committee reports contain the detailed legislative language and any fiscal notes.
