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Senate Public Health Committee approves House Bill 1977 after agency and hospital concerns
Summary
The Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee passed House Bill 1977 (identical to SB 739) on a voice vote after testimony from state agencies and hospitals raising fiscal, implementation and federal preemption concerns; the transcript does not record vote counts or a second.
Members of the Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee voted to advance House Bill 1977, a measure identical to Senate Bill 739, after hearing testimony from state agencies, hospitals and private commenters. Sponsor Senator Kim Hammer (R., District 33) moved to pass the bill; the chair called a voice vote and declared the bill passed. The transcript does not record the presence of a second or numerical vote totals.
The bill drew repeated cautions from agency witnesses about implementation and costs. Jim Hudson of the Department of Commerce told the committee that "in this particular bill, there is an emergency clause" and added, "I don't believe the…
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