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Committee advances numerous technical and policy bills in rapid 'house-cleaning' session

PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE · March 13, 2019
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Summary

The Senate Public Health committee moved a batch of bills, adopting amendments and passing measures by voice vote. Items included bills on diaper-changing policy, scrap-metal funding, licensing and academic credentials for physicians, extensions for a palliative-care task force, and the withdrawal or temporary hold of several bills.

The Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee used a house-cleaning portion of its agenda to advance a number of bills by voice vote and to pull or withdraw others for follow-up.

Among bills passed by the committee were:

- Senate Bill 443 (sponsor identified as Senator Davis) — described in committee as a diaper-changing-related bill; after removing an amendment that would have applied to renovations and a $10,000 threshold, the committee passed SB443 by voice vote.

- Senate Bill 377 — sponsor noted this bill corrects a drafting error and directs the first…

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