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Senate subcommittee gives due pass to bill to create permanent staffed health and human services committee

Senate Rules · February 18, 2026
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Summary

Senator Thompson introduced House Bill 287 to create a permanent staffed legislative health and human services committee, citing $14,400,000,000 spent on health and human services in FY2025; members noted interim funding in House Bill 1 and office-space constraints for legislative staff.

Senator Thompson introduced House Bill 287 in a brief Senate rules committee meeting, saying, "This bill is to create a permanent staffed legislative health and human services committee." Thompson said most committee members understand the need and that he had LFC staff pull spending numbers showing $14,400,000,000 spent on health and human services in fiscal year 2025.

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