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Senate committee adopts amendment to SB 15 46, names 988 as default referral and advances the bill to the floor
Summary
The Senate Committee on Early Childhood and Behavioral Health adopted a dash-2 amendment to Senate Bill 15 46 that explicitly names the national 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline as the default referral for users expressing suicidal ideation in certain chatbot interactions, clarified youth-line language, suspended procedural rules to act without posted fiscal documents, and voted to send the bill to the floor with a due-pass recommendation.
The Senate Committee on Early Childhood and Behavioral Health adopted a dash-2 amendment to Senate Bill 15 46 and voted to advance the bill to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation.
Chair Reynolds opened the resumed work session and said the dash-2 amendment is largely the dash-1 language with a few word changes and one drafting issue on clinical standards that the committee intends to fix in the House. After procedural motions and two votes to suspend rules so the committee could act without a one-hour posting requirement and without fiscal and revenue statements on hand, the committee adopted the dash-2 amendment dated 02/12/2026 and moved the bill to the floor.
The committee suspended rules twice to permit action before documents were posted. Senator Anderson moved both suspensions; each required a two-thirds vote and…
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