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Senate advances several bills on the floor including survivor benefits, DOT coordination and housing streamlining
Summary
Alongside major measures, the Senate advanced and passed several procedural and policy bills on Feb. 20: a cleanup to extend medical premium coverage for survivors, a bill to coordinate utility relocations with DOT projects, and legislation to reduce duplicate permitting costs for developers.
During the same floor session the Senate advanced and passed multiple other bills on Feb. 20.
Survivors' medical benefits: Senators moved to advance Senate Bill 6,323 (a cleanup to ensure medical‑insurance premium reimbursements for surviving spouses of officers and firefighters). Senator Holy described the bill as a "clean up for the hospital" to close unintended coverage gaps; Senator Robinson urged support. The Senate recorded the constitutional majority and declared the bill passed on final passage.
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